ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2024
The effect of a combined compression-tactile stimulating sock on postural stability.
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- Dose-response relationship of physical exercise interventions for balance performance in children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of Knee Sleeve Density on Theoretical Neuromuscular Capacities Derived from the Force-Velocity-Power Profile in the Back Squat.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- The Impact of Biodex Balance on Improving Coordination and Static Balance in Patients with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The effect of combined compression and tactile stimulation on ankle somatosensation in a lunar gravity lower limb load analog.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Previous research has demonstrated that postural stability may be improved by increasing stimulation to the somatosensory system. Wearing lower limb compression garments or textured in-soles have been found to be effective short-term methods for improving postural stability, hypothesized to be due to enhanced tactile feedback. The aim of this study was to assess whether a combined compression-tactile sock increases postural stability in healthy adults, compared to barefoot. Participants completed a sensory organization test (SOT) to assess postural stability under two conditions: (a) barefoot, and (b) wearing a compression sock with a textured inner lining (small rubber nodules on the skin side of the sole). SOT composite scores and three sensory scores - somatosensory, vestibular, visual - were assessed between the two conditions to identify whether wearing the socks was associated with enhanced postural stability. Comparisons between the two conditions were analyzed via a paired
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