Balance assessment in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Fisioterapia em MovimentoIntroduction Body balance is one of the most important functions of the organism and is directly associated with quality of life. Thus, given that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes pulmorary alterations as well as several systemic ...
Michelle Difante Pedrozo +1 more
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The Effects of Treadmill or Overground Walking Training Program on Gait in Parkinson's Disease [PDF]
, 2013 [Abstract] Background. Gait impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients is characterized by the inability to generate appropriate stride length. Treadmill training has been proposed as a therapeutic tool for PD patients.
Bello, Olalla +8 more
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Brain and Behavior, Volume 15, Issue 11, November 2025.When asked to point at remembered targets before and after passive whole‐body rotations, patients with bilateral vestibular loss (BVP) and persistent postural–perceptual dizziness (PPPD) showed substantially decreased accuracy compared to healthy controls.
Vivien Oertle +4 more
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Posturography examination as a diagnostic tool in children - a review of the literature
Journal of Medical Science, 2019 Introduction. Posturograph tests are used to assess the vestibular reflex, which can be helpful for specialists who analyze body balance disorders. Despite many studies on the stability of body posture in pediatric patients, there is still a lack of ...
Joanna Monika Borek +3 more
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Verticality Perceptions Associate with Postural Control and Functionality in Stroke Patients. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Deficits of postural control and perceptions of verticality are disabling problems observed in stroke patients that have been recently correlated to each other.
Jussara A O Baggio +7 more
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Normative Data for the NeuroCom® Sensory Organization Test in Subjects Aged 80–89 Years
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021 Aging is known to increase the risk of falling. In older people, whose share in the total population is rising sharply, the Sensory Organization Test (SOT, Equitest NeuroCom) is a useful tool during rehabilitation and in clinical research for assessing ...
Laura Perucca +5 more
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A avaliação funcional Berg Balance Scale é capaz de estimar melhor o risco de quedas em idosos do que a posturografia Balance Stability System [PDF]
, 2013 The purpose of this study was to verify which instrument better identifies recurrent falls in the elderly. Ninety-eight old people, with an average age of 80±4 years, were submitted to an assessment of balance and fall risk by means of the Berg Balance ...
Maia, Roberto Alcantara +2 more
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THE FUNCTIONAL LATERALIZATION AND COMPUTER DYNAMIC POSTUROGRAPHY [PDF]
Health Problems of Civilization, 2014 Disorders in the functioning of the human body balance system exist in 20-30 % of adults and in 8-18% of children. The main causes of these aberrations are: benign positional vertigoes, migraine, anxiety disorders and depression, cerebrovascular diseases, brain traumas, labyrinthitis, toxic impairment of labyrinth, vestibular neuronitis, Meniere ...
Monika Tomaszewska +3 more
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Evaluation of Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials in Different Dynamic Equilibrium Conditions
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, Volume 10, Issue 5, October 2025.ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to investigate balance system modifications under different conditions using cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (c‐VEMP) testing. Specifically, we examined vestibular compensation mechanisms in various dynamic balance positions through evoked potential analysis.
Nihal Evran +5 more
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Diurnal changes in postural control in normal children: Computerized static and dynamic assessments
Burns & Trauma, 2014 Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) causes postural control deficits and accordingly comparison of aberrant postural control against normal postural control may help diagnose mTBI.
Sophie Bourelle +4 more
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