Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2017 Introduction: Alzhiemers disease and Frontotemporal dementia are common neurodegenerative dementias with a wide prevalence. Falls are a common cause of morbidity in these patients.
Selva Ganapathy Velayutham +3 more
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Long-term Follow up of Van Nes Rotationplasty for Congenital Proximal Focal Femoral Deficiency [PDF]
, 2013 Van Nes rotationplasty may be used for patients with congenital proximal focal femoral deficiency (PFFD). The lower limb is rotated to use the ankle and foot as a functional knee joint within a prosthesis.
Ackman, Jeffrey D. +8 more
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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 +5 more
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Effect of Auditory Input on Sensory Organization and Fall Risk in Young Adults With Hearing Aids
The Laryngoscope, Volume 135, Issue 11, Page 4382-4392, November 2025.The aim of this study was to document postural control, sensory organization, and fall risk parameters of auditory input using computerized post urography in bilaterally hearing‐aided young adults. It was observed that auditory input had a positive contribution to postural control and fall risk in young adult hearing aid users.
Emre Orhan +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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Intersection of reality and fiction in art perception: pictorial space, body sway and mental imagery [PDF]
, 2015 Background The thesis of embodied cognition claims that perception of the environment entails a complex set of multisensory processes which forms a basis for the agent’s potential and immediate actions.
Ganczarek, J. +3 more
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Visual Dependence and Fall Risk in Dementia: Implications for Sensory Re‐Weighting Strategies
Geriatrics &Gerontology International, Volume 26, Issue 2, February 2026.
Yi‐Ching Chu, Chao‐Chun Huang
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Wearable Inertial Sensors to Assess Standing Balance: A Systematic Review
Sensors, 2019 Wearable sensors are de facto revolutionizing the assessment of standing balance. The aim of this work is to review the state-of-the-art literature that adopts this new posturographic paradigm, i.e., to analyse human postural sway through inertial ...
Marco Ghislieri +4 more
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Long-term Follow up of Van Nes Rotationplasty for Congenital Proximal Focal Femoral Deficiency [Proceedings] [PDF]
, 2012 INTRODUCTIONProximal focal femoral deficiency (PFFD) is a congenital anomaly that presents challenges for orthopaedic and prosthetic management. The Van Nes rotationplasty is one treatment in which the extremity is surgically rotated to utilize the ankle
Ackman, Jeffrey D. +7 more
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Activity-promoting gaming systems in exercise and rehabilitation [PDF]
, 2011 Commercial activity-promoting gaming systems provide a potentially attractive means to facilitate exercise and rehabilitation. The Nintendo Wii, Sony EyeToy, Dance Dance Revolution, and Xbox Kinect are examples of gaming systems that use the movement of ...
Griffin, Murray +4 more
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