The different techniques and methods employed as well as the different quantitative and
qualitative variables measured in order to objectify postural control are often chosen without …

Fall injuries are responsible for physical dysfunction, significant disability, and loss of
independence among elderly. Poor postural control is one of the major risk factors for falling …

Neurophysiological Basis of Movement, Second Edition, has been thoroughly updated and
expanded, making it more comprehensive and accessible to students. With eight new …

It has become almost routine practice to incorporate balance exercises into training
programs for athletes from different sports. However, the type of training that is most efficient …

Human walking has previously been described as “controlled falling.” Some computational
models, however, suggest that gait may also have self-stabilizing aspects requiring little …

For most individuals, balancing upright is a simple task that requires little effort. The inherent
difficulties associated with standing balance are not revealed until a pathology or injury …

In order to identify useful guidelines for the clinical practitioner as regards the use of static
posturographic analysis, we collected a set of posrurograms from 3 groups of participants …

Evaluation of postural control is generally based on the interpretation of the center of
pressure (COP) and the center of mass (COM) time series. The purpose of this study is to …

A technique (recurrence quantification analysis; RQA) for analyzing center of pressure
(COP) signals is presented and applied to data obtained by having participants stand with …

In a recent study, De Haart et al.(Arch Phys Med Rehabil 85: 886–895, 2004) investigated
the recovery of balance in stroke patients using traditional analyses of center-of-pressure …