An Assessment of Balance through Posturography in Healthy about Women: An Observational Study
The incidence of falls in adults constitutes a public health problem, and the alteration in balance is the most important factor. It is necessary to evaluate this through objective tools in order to quantify alterations and prevent falls. This study aims to determine the existence of alteration of b...
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| author | Elena Escamilla-Martínez Ana Gómez-Maldonado Beatriz Gómez-Martín Aurora Castro-Méndez Juan Antonio Díaz-Mancha Lourdes María Fernández-Seguín |
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| description | The incidence of falls in adults constitutes a public health problem, and the alteration in balance is the most important factor. It is necessary to evaluate this through objective tools in order to quantify alterations and prevent falls. This study aims to determine the existence of alteration of balance and the influence of age in a population of healthy women. Static posturography was performed on 49 healthy adult women with no history of falls in four different situations using the Romberg test with the NedSVE/IBV<sup>®</sup> platform. The variables studied were the body sway area and the anteroposterior and mediolateral displacements. The situation of maximum instability occurred in RGC (<i>p =</i> 0.001), with a significant increase in anteroposterior oscillations regarding the ML (<i>p <</i> 0.001), with no correlation to age. Age alone does not influence the balance in the sample studied, other factors must come together to alter it. The joint cancellation of visual and somatosensory afferents could facilitate the appearance of falls, given that it is a situation of maximum instability. Proprioceptive training is interesting as a preventive strategy for falls. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a99b7cac88954ba299ad0753c401252c2023-11-23T01:28:00ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-11-012122768410.3390/s21227684An Assessment of Balance through Posturography in Healthy about Women: An Observational StudyElena Escamilla-Martínez0Ana Gómez-Maldonado1Beatriz Gómez-Martín2Aurora Castro-Méndez3Juan Antonio Díaz-Mancha4Lourdes María Fernández-Seguín5CPUEX, Centro Universitario de Plasencia, University of Extremadura, Avda. Virgen del Puerto 2, 10600 Plasencia, SpainCPUEX, Centro Universitario de Plasencia, University of Extremadura, Avda. Virgen del Puerto 2, 10600 Plasencia, SpainCPUEX, Centro Universitario de Plasencia, University of Extremadura, Avda. Virgen del Puerto 2, 10600 Plasencia, SpainPodiatry Department, University of Seville, C/Avicena s/n, 41009 Seville, SpainPhysiotherapy Department, University of Seville, C/Avicena s/n, 41009 Seville, SpainPhysiotherapy Department, University of Seville, C/Avicena s/n, 41009 Seville, SpainThe incidence of falls in adults constitutes a public health problem, and the alteration in balance is the most important factor. It is necessary to evaluate this through objective tools in order to quantify alterations and prevent falls. This study aims to determine the existence of alteration of balance and the influence of age in a population of healthy women. Static posturography was performed on 49 healthy adult women with no history of falls in four different situations using the Romberg test with the NedSVE/IBV<sup>®</sup> platform. The variables studied were the body sway area and the anteroposterior and mediolateral displacements. The situation of maximum instability occurred in RGC (<i>p =</i> 0.001), with a significant increase in anteroposterior oscillations regarding the ML (<i>p <</i> 0.001), with no correlation to age. Age alone does not influence the balance in the sample studied, other factors must come together to alter it. The joint cancellation of visual and somatosensory afferents could facilitate the appearance of falls, given that it is a situation of maximum instability. Proprioceptive training is interesting as a preventive strategy for falls.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/22/7684balancefallsposturographywomenagingNedSVE/IBV<sup>®</sup> platform |
| spellingShingle | Elena Escamilla-Martínez Ana Gómez-Maldonado Beatriz Gómez-Martín Aurora Castro-Méndez Juan Antonio Díaz-Mancha Lourdes María Fernández-Seguín An Assessment of Balance through Posturography in Healthy about Women: An Observational Study Sensors balance falls posturography women aging NedSVE/IBV<sup>®</sup> platform |
| title | An Assessment of Balance through Posturography in Healthy about Women: An Observational Study |
| title_full | An Assessment of Balance through Posturography in Healthy about Women: An Observational Study |
| title_fullStr | An Assessment of Balance through Posturography in Healthy about Women: An Observational Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Assessment of Balance through Posturography in Healthy about Women: An Observational Study |
| title_short | An Assessment of Balance through Posturography in Healthy about Women: An Observational Study |
| title_sort | assessment of balance through posturography in healthy about women an observational study |
| topic | balance falls posturography women aging NedSVE/IBV<sup>®</sup> platform |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/22/7684 |
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