Effect of vibration on postural control and gait of elderly subjects: a systematic review

A Aboutorabi, M Arazpour, M Bahramizadeh… - Aging clinical and …, 2018 - Springer
Background and aim Gait and balance disorders are common in the elderly populations,
and their prevalence increases with age. This systematic review was performed to …

Footwear interventions: a review of their sensorimotor and mechanical effects on balance performance and gait in older adults

AL Hatton, K Rome, J Dixon, DJ Martin… - Journal of the …, 2013 - japmaonline.org
Footwear interventions, including shoe insoles and foot orthoses, have the capacity to
enhance balance control and gait in older people. This review assessed the evidence for the …

[HTML][HTML] Footwear, orthoses, and insoles and their effects on balance in older adults: a sco** review

A Nor Azhar, SM Bergin, SE Munteanu, HB Menz - Gerontology, 2024 - karger.com
Background: Footwear, orthoses, and insoles have been shown to influence balance in
older adults; however, it remains unclear which features, singular or in combination, are …

Using low levels of stochastic vestibular stimulation to improve locomotor stability

AP Mulavara, IS Kofman, YE De Dios… - Frontiers in systems …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Low levels of bipolar binaural white noise based imperceptible stochastic electrical
stimulation to the vestibular system (stochastic vestibular stimulation, SVS) have been …

The promise of stochastic resonance in falls prevention

O White, J Babič, C Trenado, L Johannsen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Multisensory integration is essential for maintenance of motor and cognitive abilities, thereby
ensuring normal function and personal autonomy. Balance control is challenged during …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial variability and directional shifts in postural control in Parkinson's disease

DG Kelty-Stephen, K Kiyono, N Stergiou… - Clinical Parkinsonism & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Individuals with Parkinson's disease exhibit tremors, rigidity, and bradykinesia, disrupting
normal movement variability and resulting in postural instability. This comprehensive study …

Remote subthreshold stimulation enhances skin sensitivity in the lower extremity

EB Plater, VS Seto, RM Peters, LR Bent - Frontiers in Human …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Foot sole skin interfaces with the ground and contributes to successful balance. In situations
with reduced sensitivity in the glabrous foot skin, stochastic resonance (SR) improves skin …

Fractal fluctuations in quiet standing predict the use of mechanical information for haptic perception

Z Palatinus, JA Dixon, DG Kelty-Stephen - Annals of Biomedical …, 2013 - Springer
Movement science has traditionally understood high-dimensional fluctuations as either
antithetical or irrelevant to low-dimensional control. However, fluctuations incident to …