The Promise of Stochastic Resonance in Falls Prevention
Multisensory integration is essential for maintenance of motor and cognitive abilities, thereby ensuring normal function and personal autonomy. Balance control is challenged during senescence or in motor disorders, leading to potential falls. Increased uncertainty in sensory signals is caused by a n...
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| description | Multisensory integration is essential for maintenance of motor and cognitive abilities, thereby ensuring normal function and personal autonomy. Balance control is challenged during senescence or in motor disorders, leading to potential falls. Increased uncertainty in sensory signals is caused by a number of factors including noise, defined as a random and persistent disturbance that reduces the clarity of information. Counter-intuitively, noise can be beneficial in some conditions. Stochastic resonance is a mechanism whereby a particular level of noise actually enhances the response of non-linear systems to weak sensory signals. Here we review the effects of stochastic resonance on sensory modalities and systems directly involved in balance control. We highlight its potential for improving sensorimotor performance as well as cognitive and autonomic functions. These promising results demonstrate that stochastic resonance represents a flexible and non-invasive technique that can be applied to different modalities simultaneously. Finally we point out its benefits for a variety of scenarios including in ambulant elderly, skilled movements, sports and to patients with sensorimotor or autonomic dysfunctions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-33c6ced3fe9046a3bf386bbf1bb165ea2022-12-21T17:48:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physiology1664-042X2019-01-01910.3389/fphys.2018.01865427431The Promise of Stochastic Resonance in Falls PreventionOlivier White0Olivier White1Jan Babič2Carlos Trenado3Leif Johannsen4Nandu Goswami5INSERM UMR1093-CAPS, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UFR des Sciences du Sport, Dijon, FranceAcquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United KingdomLaboratory for Neuromechanics and Biorobotics, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, SloveniaLeibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors TU Dortmund (ifADO), Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyAcquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United KingdomOtto Loewi Research Center for Vascular Biology, Immunology and Inflammation, Medical University of Graz, Graz, AustriaMultisensory integration is essential for maintenance of motor and cognitive abilities, thereby ensuring normal function and personal autonomy. Balance control is challenged during senescence or in motor disorders, leading to potential falls. Increased uncertainty in sensory signals is caused by a number of factors including noise, defined as a random and persistent disturbance that reduces the clarity of information. Counter-intuitively, noise can be beneficial in some conditions. Stochastic resonance is a mechanism whereby a particular level of noise actually enhances the response of non-linear systems to weak sensory signals. Here we review the effects of stochastic resonance on sensory modalities and systems directly involved in balance control. We highlight its potential for improving sensorimotor performance as well as cognitive and autonomic functions. These promising results demonstrate that stochastic resonance represents a flexible and non-invasive technique that can be applied to different modalities simultaneously. Finally we point out its benefits for a variety of scenarios including in ambulant elderly, skilled movements, sports and to patients with sensorimotor or autonomic dysfunctions.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2018.01865/fullstochastic resonancebalance disorderorthostatic intoleranceagingfalls |
| spellingShingle | Olivier White Olivier White Jan Babič Carlos Trenado Leif Johannsen Nandu Goswami The Promise of Stochastic Resonance in Falls Prevention Frontiers in Physiology stochastic resonance balance disorder orthostatic intolerance aging falls |
| title | The Promise of Stochastic Resonance in Falls Prevention |
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| title_short | The Promise of Stochastic Resonance in Falls Prevention |
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