An Assessment of Balance through Posturography in Healthy about Women: An Observational Study

Sensors

Beatriz Gómez-Martín¹  Ana Gómez-Maldonado¹  Elena Escamilla-Martínez¹  Lourdes María Fernández-Seguín²  Juan Antonio Díaz-Mancha²  Aurora Castro-Méndez³ 

[1] CPUEX, Centro Universitario de Plasencia, University of Extremadura, Avda. Virgen del Puerto 2, 10600 Plasencia, Spain;Physiotherapy Department, University of Seville, C/Avicena s/n, 41009 Seville, Spain;Podiatry Department, University of Seville, C/Avicena s/n, 41009 Seville, Spain;

关键词: balance;    falls;    posturography;    women;    aging;    NedSVE/IBV^® platform;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s21227684

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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^® platform. The variables studied were the body sway area and the anteroposterior and mediolateral displacements. The situation of maximum instability occurred in RGC (p = 0.001), with a significant increase in anteroposterior oscillations regarding the ML (p < 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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