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Hypoperfusion in Supramarginal and Orbital Gyrus, Position Discrimination Test, and Microsaccades as a Predictor of Pisa Syndrome in Parkinson’s Disease

open access: yesParkinson's Disease, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) experience significantly reduced quality of life when PD is complicated with Pisa syndrome (PS). PS is a postural abnormality associated with a lateral bending of the trunk, causing the patient to lean to one side.
Asako Yoritaka   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can Plantar Pressure Distribution During Gait Be Estimated from Quiet Stance in Healthy Individuals?

open access: yesJournal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
Objectives: We assessed the difference between quiet stance and gait in the spatial distribution and intensity of foot plantar pressures and whether it is possible to estimate the distribution during gait from data obtained during stance.
Marta Mirando   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reliability Study of Weight-Bearing Upper Extremity Sway Test Performed on a Force Plate in the One-Handed Plank Position

open access: yesApplied Sciences
(1) Background: The aim of this study is to determine the intra-rater and test–retest reliability of an upper extremity sway test performed in the one-handed plank position on a force plate and to establish if there are any between-limb differences in ...
Łukasz Oleksy   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Ankle Proprioception Between Pregnant and Non Pregnant Women [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Pregnant women report falls especially during their third trimester. Physiological changes along with ligament laxity can affect the joint proprioception in this population.
R, Preetha, SM, John
core   +1 more source

Relationship between postural balance and knee and toe muscle power in young women. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Muscle power in the lower extremities and body sway were measured in 57 healthy young women volunteers in their 20's. Body sway was measured with a stabilimeter for 30 sec during two-leg standing, and for 10 sec during one-leg standing with the eyes open
Hamada, Masanori   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Sensory Dissociation in Vestibular Function Assessment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The project aims to create а solution to the problem of early diagnostics of neurodegenerative disorders, accompanied by imbalance, and to develop rehabilitation methods for patients with vestibular disorders. The balanced upright position is a result of
Brazovsky, Konstantin Stanislavovich   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A Language for Defining Events in Multi-Dimensional Time Series: Application to a Medical Domain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In many domains, like seismography or medicine, time series analysis focuses on particular regions of interest in the time series, known as events, whereas the remainder of the times series contains hardly any useful information. Research into the field
Caraça-Valente Hernández, Juan Pedro   +3 more
core  

Instrumental balance assessment in Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism. A systematic review with critical appraisal of clinical applications and quality of reporting

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology
IntroductionPatients with Parkinson's disease (pwPD) and atypical parkinsonism usually complain of impaired balance. Instrumental posturography is widely used to quantitatively assess static balance in pwPD but many posturographic parameters and ...
Andrea Merlo   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do Grade II Ankle Sprains Have Chronic Effects on the Functional Ability of Ballet Dancers Performing Single-Leg Flat-Foot Stance? An Observational Cross-Sectional Study

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2019
Ballet dancers have a higher risk than the general population of ankle sprains. Ankle proprioception is of the utmost importance for executing static and dynamic positions typical of ballet dancing.
Bruno Dino Bodini   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of Prolonged Wearing of Unstable Shoes on Upright Standing Postural Control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
To study the influence of prolonged wearing of unstable shoes on standing postural control in prolonged standing workers. The participants were divided into two groups: one wore unstable shoes while the other wore conventional shoes for 8 weeks ...
Macedo, Rui   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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