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RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.
Postural sensitivity to visual flow in aging adults with and without balance problems.
BACKGROUND: This study tested balance behavior of young adults and aging adults with and without balance problems in response to visual flow from a moving visual surround.
METHODS: Balance behavior was indexed by force plate measures of maximum anterior/posterior displacement of the center of foot pressure and horizontal shear forces. The sample included normal young adults (n = 13; mean age 23 years, +/- 7.5), normal aging adults (n = 13; mean age 76 years, +/- 6.5), and aging adults with balance problems not directly attributable to a diagnosable neurological disease or dysfunction (n = 13; mean age 79 years, +/- 5.8).
RESULTS: The balance-affected aging group had statistically greater sway responses than the young group when the stimulus was unexpected (as in the first trial; p < .05). Some individuals in each group had large responses that were statistical outliers from the group median. The balance-affected group had significantly greater shear forces than the young group.
CONCLUSIONS: Greater sway responses suggest over-reliance on visual cues for posture control in the balance-affected aging group, which may be related to underlying, borderline somatosensory deficits, as indicated by the patterns of subclinical indications for somatosensory impairments on neurological exams in this group. Visually sensitive postural control, however, may issue from several different underlying processes. Elevated shear forces during balance responses in the balance-affected group suggest a greater use of hip movements in addition to ankle movements for postural adjustments.
METHODS: Balance behavior was indexed by force plate measures of maximum anterior/posterior displacement of the center of foot pressure and horizontal shear forces. The sample included normal young adults (n = 13; mean age 23 years, +/- 7.5), normal aging adults (n = 13; mean age 76 years, +/- 6.5), and aging adults with balance problems not directly attributable to a diagnosable neurological disease or dysfunction (n = 13; mean age 79 years, +/- 5.8).
RESULTS: The balance-affected aging group had statistically greater sway responses than the young group when the stimulus was unexpected (as in the first trial; p < .05). Some individuals in each group had large responses that were statistical outliers from the group median. The balance-affected group had significantly greater shear forces than the young group.
CONCLUSIONS: Greater sway responses suggest over-reliance on visual cues for posture control in the balance-affected aging group, which may be related to underlying, borderline somatosensory deficits, as indicated by the patterns of subclinical indications for somatosensory impairments on neurological exams in this group. Visually sensitive postural control, however, may issue from several different underlying processes. Elevated shear forces during balance responses in the balance-affected group suggest a greater use of hip movements in addition to ankle movements for postural adjustments.
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