Valoración de los sistemas de control postural en ancianos con caídas de repetición

Ramírez, Alfonso González; Nogal, Montserrat Lázaro del; Casado, José Manuel Ribera

doi:10.1016/s0211-139x(08)71158-2

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“…Changes in the feet and eyes seem to be the cause of postural imbalances and their corrections are essential to achieve this balance [4]. In fact, the largest deficit found in the elderly who suffer repeated falls has been in the visual field [34], although these data refer to elderly people with a history of falling, unlike our sample studied.…”

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

Escamilla-Martínez,

Gómez-Maldonado,

Gómez-Martín

et al. 2021

Sensors

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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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confidence: 95%