The classical Romberg's test based on stabilometric tests in eyes open (EO) and closed (EC) conditions was used for investigating the influence of visual feedback in the body sway control in healthy adult subjects. Stabilograms from 144 subjects (aged 18-40) resting over a force platform were recorded for 30 s in EO and 30 s in EC conditions. The mean velocity was obtained for EO (Vm EO ) and EC (Vm EC ) in both anterior-posterior (y) and medial-lateral (x) directions and in the (x,y) plane, and thus used for computing the respective Romberg's quotient (RQ V ). All Vm and RQ V parameter histograms presented unimodal asymmetric shapes, which were adequately fitted to lognormal distributions (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, p > 0.05). These findings suggest a single homogeneous group in terms of visual strategy. Taking the threshold scores (95% confidence interval) of the Vm and RQ V distributions, only four subjects (2.7%) presented values below the lower limit, as expected by the confidence level (two tailed, 5%). A strong dependence was also found between each RQ V and the respective Vm EC (Spear correlation ≥ 0.86, R 2 ≥ 74.0%), with Vm EO presenting almost negligible coefficients of determination (R 2 ≤ 2.9%). One can conclude that RQ V derived from a single stabilometric trial could be not sufficient for the diagnosis of body sway control impairment by vision. Nevertheless, the RQ V could be useful to indicate subjects to carry out additional tests to investigate a possible deficit in the integration of the visual information in the postural control system. Keywords Body sway control, Center of pressure velocity, Lognormal distribution, Romberg's test, Visual system. p > 0,05 Avaliando a importância da visão nas oscilações posturais utilizando o quociente de Romberg da velocidade do centro de pressão Resumo O Teste de Romberg clássico, baseado em testes estabilométricos nas condições de olhos abertos (EO) e fechados (EC), tem sido utilizado para investigar a influência da realimentação visual no controle das oscilações posturais em sujeitos adultos saudáveis. Estabilogramas de 144 sujeitos (18 a 40 anos) em posição ortostática sobre uma plataforma de força foram coletados durante 30 s na condição EO e 30 s em EC. As velocidades médias para EO (VmEO) e EC (VmEC), obtidas nas direções anteroposterior (y), mediolateral (x) e no plano (x,y), foram utilizadas no cálculo dos respectivos quocientes de Romberg (RQV). Os histogramas dos parâmetros Vm e RQV apresentaram morfologia unimodal assimétrica, aos quais foram ajustadas distribuições lognormais (Teste de

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