Nowadays, it becomes of paramount societal importance to support many frail-prone groups
in our society (elderly, patients with neurodegenerative diseases, etc.) to remain socially and …

Acrophobia, or fear of heights, is a widespread and debilitating anxiety disorder affecting
perhaps 1 in 20 adults. Virtual reality (VR) technology has been used in the psychological …

The aim of the present study was to investigate how the orientation and stabilization
components of postural control may be affected as the result of the impaired proprioceptive …

Individuals with chronic ankle instability (CAI) are believed to rely more on visual information
during postural control due to impaired proprioceptive function, which may increase the risk …

In this study, we investigated the sensory integration to postural control in children and
adolescents from 5 to 15 years of age. We adopted the working hypothesis that considerable …

OBJECTIVE: To test sensitivity to proprioceptive, vestibular and visual stimulations of stroke
patients with regard to balance. METHOD: The postural control of 20 hemiparetic patients …

We investigated test to retest reliability and intraindividual variability of Romberg ratios in
quiet stance posturography. Thirty-six healthy young adults (17 males, 19 females aged 15 …

Even for a stereotyped task, sensorimotor behavior is generally variable due to noise,
redundancy, adaptability, learning or plasticity. The sources and significance of different …

This study reports a postural after-effect of leaning that follows a period of stance on an
inclined surface with eyes closed. This leaning after-effect maintained the body-to-surface …

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of acute muscle fatigue of the ankle and
knee musculature on postural control by immediate measures after performing fatiguing …