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Chondrodystrophic Dogs as a Preclinical Large Animal Model of Discogenic Back Pain

JOR SPINE, Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2025.
This study aims to validate an underutilized canine preclinical model of discogenic back pain model by deep phenotyping several structural and pain associated outcomes with novel findings in the areas of RNA sequencing and whole patch clamp of canine dorsal root ganglion neurons.
Mary K. Heimann, Shirley N. Tang, Gilian Gunsch, Kyle Kuchynsky, Brett Klamer, Fangli Zhao, Megan Co, Maciej Pietrzak, Justin Richards, Jake Klausner, Adam Smith, Kaitlyn Cimney, Sara McBride‐Gagyi, Brad Youngblood, Kara Corps, Candice Askwith, Benjamin A. Walter, Sarah A. Moore, Devina Purmessur   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Balance assessment in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Fisioterapia em Movimento
Introduction 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, Aron Ferreira da Silveira   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Roksana Ewa Malak, Teresa Matthews-Brzozowska, Włodzimierz Samborski   +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, Suleimy S C Mazin, Frederico F Alessio-Alves, Camila G C Barros, Antonio A O Carneiro, João P Leite, Octavio M Pontes-Neto, Taiza E G Santos-Pontelli   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Laura Perucca, Antonio Robecchi Majnardi, Silvia Frau, Stefano Scarano, Stefano Scarano   +5 more
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Perspective: Balance Assessments in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy: Lessons Learned

Frontiers in Neurology, 2022
Many studies have examined aspects of balance in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), but guidance on the feasibility of standardized objective balance assessments and balance scales in PSP is lacking.
Marian L. Dale, Austin L. Prewitt, Graham R. Harker, Grace E. McBarron, Grace E. McBarron, Martina Mancini   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Immersion Technology on the Quality of Life in Older Adults: A Systematic Review

AGING MEDICINE, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 324-346, August 2025.
Immersive technologies, especially virtual reality (VR), significantly improve the quality of life for older adults by enhancing physical health, cognitive function, and psychological well‐being. These technologies can be adapted to meet individual needs, making them an effective tool for addressing the challenges of aging.
Solmaz Sohrabei, Vahideh Zolfaghari, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadeh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Pereira, Vanessa Vieira, Silva, Sonia Maria Cesar De Azevedo   +2 more
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The Role of Background Acoustic Stimuli in Dual Tasks: A Study on Postural Control Performance

Brain and Behavior, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2025.
During the inhibition control task, the group exposed to background noise demonstrated better postural control than the groups exposed to music or silence. Music had no significant impact on cognitive or postural performance. These results emphasize the different effects that various acoustic stimuli have on balance when cognitive load is present ...
Selin Sarıçamlık, Nizamettin Burak Avcı, Öznur Yiğit   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reliability analysis of time series force plate data of community dwelling older adults [PDF]

, 2010
Frequency-based analysis of body sway has been used to distinguish between healthy young, healthy elderly adults and elderly adults with Huntingtons disease. Our aim was to assess the reliability of spectral-based outcomes of the centre of pressure (CoP)
Bauer, Christoph, Gaßmann, Karl-Günter, Gröger, Ines, Meichtry, André, Rupprecht, Roland, Tibesku, Carsten Oliver   +5 more
core   +1 more source