The Effect of Frankel’s Stabilization Exercises and Stabilometric Platform in the Balance in Elderly Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]
Background and Objectives: Every year, older people are becoming a larger part of the population. In a couple of years medicine is going to struggle with specific disorders and their consequences, where one of them are falls.
Grzegorz Mańko +3 more
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Postural Instability and Risk of Falls in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease Treated with Deep Brain Stimulation: A Stabilometric Platform Study [PDF]
Postural instability (PI) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) exposes patients to an increased risk of falls (RF). While dopaminergic therapy and deep brain stimulation (DBS) improve motor performance in advanced PD patients, their effects on PI and RF remain ...
Giorgio Leodori +9 more
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Intersession reliability of a posturo-stabilometric test, using a force platform [PDF]
To evaluate the intersession reliability of a posturo-stabilometric examination. METHODS: Single blind clinical trial conducted in two sessions over two weeks. 44 healthy volunteers free from postural and temporomandibular disorders.
Alberto Baldini +2 more
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation with a Stabilometric Platform After Thoracic Surgery: A Preliminary Report [PDF]
Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of exercises on a stabilometric platform on the physical fitness and mobility of patients with lung cancer after thoracic surgery. The Experimental Group included 22, and the Control Group consisted of 21 patients.
Dariusz Jastrzebski +2 more
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Evaluation of selected balance indices on the stabilometric platform in children after mild head trauma [PDF]
Introduction The aim of the study was to investigate the occurrence of balance disorders in children after mild head trauma. Material and methods Ninety patients after mild head trauma, aged 7–18 years, were examined on a stabilometric platform 48 h and
Jerzy K. Niedzielski, Michał Kaczmarek
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Validity of a new stabilometric force platform for postural balance evaluation.
The objective of this study was to validate a new stabilometric force platform (SFP). For this, three steps have been established: a) to determine the force threshold to reach an acceptable level of accuracy of the centre of pressure (CoP) measurement by
Jonathan Ache Dias +6 more
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Validity and Reliability of the Satel 40 Hz Stabilometric Force Platform for Measuring Quiet Stance and Dynamic Standing Balance in Healthy Subjects [PDF]
Background: A force platform must have validity and reliability for optimal use. The objective of this study was to analyze the validity and the reliability of the Satel 40 Hz stabilometric force platform.
Père Ramon Rodríguez-Rubio +2 more
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Applying the Minimal Detectable Change of a Static and Dynamic Balance Test Using a Portable Stabilometric Platform to Individually Assess Patients with Balance Disorders [PDF]
Balance disorders have a high prevalence among elderly people in developed countries, and falls resulting from balance disorders involve high healthcare costs. Therefore, tools and indicators are necessary to assess the response to treatments. Therefore, the aim of this study is to detect relevant changes through minimal detectable change (MDC) values ...
Juan De La Torre +2 more
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IS MY BALANCE DISORDER PATIENT IMPROVING WITH THIS REHABILITATION TREATMENT? RAPID STABILOMETRIC PLATFORM TEST [PDF]
The aim of the present study is to compare the use and results of a rapid stabilometric platform test with traditional clinical scales to assess the individual clinical evolution of heterogeneous patients with balance disorders during rehabilitation ...
Gómez Trullén, Eva María +4 more
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Correlation of Body Parameters and Age with Foot Arch Index and Stabilometric Variables in Physically Active Young Males and Females [PDF]
Postural stability is influenced by several anthropometric factors as well as age. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between body height, body mass, BMI, and arch index with stabilometric parameters in physically active young ...
Marco Alessandria +5 more
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