Aging and Postural Sway in Women

Hasselkus, Betty Risteen; Shambes, Georgia M.

doi:10.1093/geronj/30.6.661

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“…This review has shown that balance evaluations are very different, both in protocols and in measurement methods, and that direct comparisons among studies and data interpretation are extremely limited. Many experimental protocols indicated that increased postural sway in older adults is well documented and research findings highlighted a correlation between postural sway and increased risk of falling not only on a static board (Baloh et al 1994;Benjuya et al 2004;Billot et al 2010;Fernie et al 1982;Hasselkus & Shambes 1975;Kang et al 2009;Lajoie et al 2002;Lord et al 1994;Maki et al 1994;Melzer et al 2004;Stel et al 2003), but also on an unstable board (Nardone et al 1994;Nardone et al 2000;Woollacott & Shumway-Cook 1990;Wolfson et al 1994;Rogers et al 2001). All Medial lateral sway in both the conditions (eyes open and closed) was found to be a distinguishing variable between older "fallers" and "non-fallers" in both static and dynamic narrow stance condition .…”

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“…Consequently "a recalled fall was the most important predictor for future falls" (Gerdhem Increased postural sway in older adults is well documented (Hasselkus & Shambes 1975) and greater amounts of postural sway are correlated to increased risk of falling (Fernie et al 1982). Mean Sway Area in the medial-lateral, anterior-posterior directions, and Mean Sway Velocity were found to be higher in fallers (Fernie et al 1982;Maki et al 1994;Melzer et al 2004).…”

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The contribution of postural balance analysis in older adult fallers: A narrative review

Pizzigalli

Cremasco

Mulasso

et al. 2016

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

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Section: Static Balance and Fallsmentioning

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The contribution of postural balance analysis in older adult fallers: A narrative review

Pizzigalli

Cremasco

Mulasso

et al. 2016

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

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“…Historically, the human movement domain has been studied in both young and old adult locomotion [41][42][43] and standing posture [e.g., [44][45][46][47] separately with little emphasis on the reacquisition of postural stability following a step or sequence of steps. Nevertheless, it is well known that older adults experience more problems with postural control when they are required to move through or change their position with respect to the environment [40,48].…”

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Aging-related temporal constraints to stability and instability in postural control

Slobounov

Haibach

Newell

2006

Eur. Rev. Aging.Phys. Act.

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In this study, we review the evidence that older adults tend to have both a shorter time to lose stability in the maintenance of standing posture and the functionally related but inverse problem of needing more time to reacquire stability in transitioning to a postural state. These age-related time limitations to processes of stability are hypothesized to enhance the probability of falling with aging and the problems that can occur in the transition between activities, such as sitting to standing and standing to walking. The potential role of fitness and health variables in mediating the temporal constraints on the acquisition and loss of postural stability in aging is discussed.Keywords Aging . Posture . StabilityThe conduct of daily life involves the engagement in a variety of physical activities that have been historically categorized into subgroups, such as activities of daily living, work, sport, music, and play. These activities in all contexts are manifestations of the fundamental physical activities of posture, locomotion, and manipulation. Thus, even in a single day in the lifetime of an individual, that person switches from the execution of one action to another in a sequence and time course that is determined by many environmental and individual factors. This time course of the change in behavior over time implies that an individual in switching activities is also caught in the continually evolving dynamical spiral of moving from stability to instability to stability and so on. The temporal limitations in acquiring or moving away from stability in standing posture as a function of aging is the focus of this review.It is well established that aging tends to lead in most individuals to a number of limitations and problems in the conduct of perceptual motor skills. The information processing [1-4], neurophysiological [5,6] and fitness [7][8][9] perspectives to aging and physical activity have all revealed age-related trends including: poorer performance (no matter how it is measured), slowness of thought and action, and loss of fitness properties such as strength, flexibility, and endurance. The more recent emphasis on dynamical processes of aging through the metaphor of selforganization has opened up new approaches and findings to aging-related limitations in physical activity [10][11][12][13][14][15]. A particular thrust has been the investigation of age-related changes in the complexity of behavior through a consideration of the evolving dynamics of movement in action [12,16], with emphasis on the health outcomes of dynamical stability and instability. Glass and Mackey [10] have viewed some processes of aging and movement disorders as an example of a dynamical disease in which behavioral and physiological systems change as a consequence of aberrations in the temporal organization of the evolving dynamics.The role and consequences of dynamical stability and instability are magnified in whole body physical activities such as standing posture and locomotion because of the potential severe negati...

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“…Human balance is maintained through a complex process involving sensory detection of body motion, integration of sensorimotor information within the central nervous system, and the execution of appropriate musculoskeletal responses 6) . Factors influencing balance such as age 7,8) , muscle weakness 9) , vibration sense 10) , respiration 11) , and visual input 12) have been studied. However there have been no studies on the effect of muscular fatigue on balance yet.…”

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The Effects of Knee and Ankle Muscles Surrounding the Knee and Ankle Joints on One-Leg Static Standing Balance

Choi

Kwon

1998

J Phys Ther Sci

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Abstract. The purpose of this study was to determine whether knee and ankle muscle fatigue affect oneleg static standing balance. We compared the affects of muscle fatigue between the knee and ankle joints on one-leg static standing balance. Sixty-four healthy subjects were used for this study: 44 men and 20 women, with an average age of 19.5. One leg static standing balance was measured at pre-fatigue and post-fatigue status by an instrumented balance assessment system (Kinesthetic Ability Training Balance Platform) which is commercially available for testing and balance training. Isokinetic exercises performed at 180 degree/sec on the Cybex 1200 were used to induce muscle fatigue. One-leg static standing balance ability was significantly decreased after knee and ankle muscle fatigue. There was a significantly greater decrease in one-leg static standing balance ability in ankle joint muscle fatigue as opposed to the knee joint muscles. Although these phenomena were not clearly understood, these results have important implications for rehabilitation of fatigable patients. These results suggest that excessive fatigue during rehabilitation may increase risk of reinjury and falling due to balance disturbance in patients with diseases involving fatigue. Further studies are required to determine the physiological mechanisms of muscle fatigue that play a role in decreasing one-leg static standing balance.

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Aging and Postural Sway in Women

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The contribution of postural balance analysis in older adult fallers: A narrative review

The contribution of postural balance analysis in older adult fallers: A narrative review

Aging-related temporal constraints to stability and instability in postural control

The Effects of Knee and Ankle Muscles Surrounding the Knee and Ankle Joints on One-Leg Static Standing Balance

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