Synergy discusses a general problem in biology: The lack of an adequate language for
formulating biologically specific problems. Written for an inquisitive reader who is not …

Multisensory integration is essential for maintenance of motor and cognitive abilities, thereby
ensuring normal function and personal autonomy. Balance control is challenged during …

Sensory information about body sway is used to drive corrective muscle action to keep the
body's centre of mass located over the base of support provided by the feet. Loss of vision …

Boonsinsukh R, Panichareon L, Phansuwan-Pujito P. Light touch cue through a cane
improves pelvic stability during walking in stroke. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of a …

Dance can be a promising treatment intervention used in rehabilitation for individuals with
disabilities to address physical, cognitive and psychological impairments. The aim of this …

Light touch of a fingertip on an external stable surface greatly improves the postural stability
of standing subjects. The hypothesis of the present work was that a vibrating surface could …

Vision (V) and touch (T) help stabilize our standing body, but little is known on the time-
interval necessary for the brain to process the sensory inflow (or its removal) and exploit the …

Handstand skills are one of the materials that must be mastered by students through
Physical Education (PE) learning. However, the learning media used by the teacher has not …

Electroencephalography (EEG)-based measurements of fine tactile sensation produce large
amounts of data, with high costs for manual evaluation. In this study, an EEG-based machine …

Light fingertip touch of a static bar generates extra somatosensory information used by the
postural control system to reduce body sway. While the effect of light touch has been studied …