Good balance is an imperative skill for daily life that requires the complex integration of
sensory information regarding the position of the body relative to the surroundings and the …

Gait disorders are common and often devastating companions of ageing, leading to
reductions in quality of life and increased mortality. Here, we present a clinically oriented …

In the last decades, wearable powered orthoses have been developed with the aim of
augmenting or assisting motor activities. In particular, among many applications, wearable …

The prevalence of balance symptoms (vertigo, dizziness, and dysequilibrium) was
investigated in an epidemiological study of elderly people, the longitudinal and cross …

Objectives: To define normal values and examine the influence of ageing on vestibulocollic
reflexes (VCR). Methods: Vestibulocollic responses to 100 dB (normal hearing level; NHL) …

We investigated the effects of ageing on balance corrections induced by sudden stance
perturbations in different directions. Effects were examined in biomechanical and …

Functional decline in locomotion is common among the elderly, and the prevalence of gait
disorders increases with age. Recently, increasing interest has been focused on the …

The regulatory mechanism of bipedal standing in humans remains to be elucidated. We
investigated neural substrates for maintaining standing postures in humans using PET with …

The vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) is a reflex that acts at short latency to generate eye
movements that compensate for head rotations in order to preserve clear vision during …

The kinematics of standing balance were analyzed in 24 normal subjects, aged 21 to 78
years, to examine differences attributable to age, visual input, and sex. Movements of …