Pilot case control study of postural sway and balance performance in aging adults with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis

MD Iversen, MK Kale, JT Sullivan Jr - Journal of geriatric physical …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), a degenerative disease encountered in adults> 65
years, is a leading cause of back and lower extremity pain, weakness, impaired sensation …

Evaluation of the threshold of stability for the human spine

ML Tanaka, MA Nussbaum, SD Ross - Journal of biomechanics, 2009 - Elsevier
The threshold of stability (ToS) is introduced as a new tool for evaluating spinal stability.
Current methods have evaluated the magnitude of spinal kinematic variability, stability …

Center of pressure (COP) during the postural balance control of high-heeled woman

WH Cho, H Choi - 2005 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study addressed the effect of balance control problems of the high-heeled women.
Clinical relationships have been proposed linking foot ailments or pain to wearing high …

Inter-individual variability in postural control during external center of mass stabilization

D Gorjan, N Šarabon, J Babič - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the relation between the motion of the center of mass (COM) and the center
of pressure (COP) is important to understand the underlying mechanisms of maintaining …

[HTML][HTML] Can quiet standing posture predict compensatory postural adjustment?

GBL Moya, CM Siqueira, RR Caffaro, C Fu, C Tanaka - Clinics, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyze whether quiet standing posture is related
to compensatory postural adjustment. INTRODUCTION The latest data in clinical practice …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment and comparison the effect of exercise in different depth of water on postural stability and balance recovery strategies of older people: a clinical trial

R Beyranvand, M Sahebozamani… - The Scientific …, 2023 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Background and Aims Water exercise is one of the most important interventions to reduce
the risk of falls in the elderly. However, the effect of exercise in different depths of water has …

Three months of resistance training in overweight and obese individuals improves reactive balance control under unstable conditions

E Zemková, O Kyselovičová, M Jeleň… - Journal of back and …, 2017 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: Contrary to static and dynamic balance, there is a lack of scientific
evidence on the training induced changes in reactive balance control in response to …

Persistence of motor-equivalent postural fluctuations during bipedal quiet standing

J Verrel, D Pradon, N Vuillerme - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Theoretical and empirical work indicates that the central nervous system is able to stabilize
motor performance by selectively suppressing task-relevant variability (TRV), while allowing …

Does skin stimulation compensate impairments in postural control after ankle plantar flexors fatigue?

MR Kunzler, LM Lopes, LS Ueda, MA de Britto… - Gait & posture, 2013 - Elsevier
It has been suggested that skin stimulation using tape glued to the skin over the Achilles
tendon helps to improve postural control. It was recently shown that these effects might …

Analysis of vertical micro acceleration while standing reveals age-related changes

T Minamisawa, N Chiba, K Inoue, T Nakanowatari… - Geriatrics, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this study, we investigated the fluctuation characteristics of micro vertical acceleration of
center of mass (vCOMacc) in standing and examined the usefulness of vCOMacc as an …