An Assessment of Balance through Posturography in Healthy about Women: An Observational Study

The incidence of falls in adults constitutes a public health problem, and the alteration in balance is the most important factor. It is necessary to evaluate this through objective tools in order to quantify alterations and prevent falls. This study aims to determine the existence of alteration of b...

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Autores principales: Elena Escamilla-Martínez, Ana Gómez-Maldonado, Beatriz Gómez-Martín, Aurora Castro-Méndez, Juan Antonio Díaz-Mancha, Lourdes María Fernández-Seguín
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a99b7cac88954ba299ad0753c401252c2021-11-25T18:58:28ZAn Assessment of Balance through Posturography in Healthy about Women: An Observational Study10.3390/s212276841424-8220https://doaj.org/article/a99b7cac88954ba299ad0753c401252c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/22/7684https://doaj.org/toc/1424-8220The incidence of falls in adults constitutes a public health problem, and the alteration in balance is the most important factor. It is necessary to evaluate this through objective tools in order to quantify alterations and prevent falls. This study aims to determine the existence of alteration of balance and the influence of age in a population of healthy women. Static posturography was performed on 49 healthy adult women with no history of falls in four different situations using the Romberg test with the NedSVE/IBV<sup>®</sup> platform. The variables studied were the body sway area and the anteroposterior and mediolateral displacements. The situation of maximum instability occurred in RGC (<i>p =</i> 0.001), with a significant increase in anteroposterior oscillations regarding the ML (<i>p <</i> 0.001), with no correlation to age. Age alone does not influence the balance in the sample studied, other factors must come together to alter it. The joint cancellation of visual and somatosensory afferents could facilitate the appearance of falls, given that it is a situation of maximum instability. Proprioceptive training is interesting as a preventive strategy for falls.Elena Escamilla-MartínezAna Gómez-MaldonadoBeatriz Gómez-MartínAurora Castro-MéndezJuan Antonio Díaz-ManchaLourdes María Fernández-SeguínMDPI AGarticlebalancefallsposturographywomenagingNedSVE/IBV<sup>®</sup> platformChemical technologyTP1-1185ENSensors, Vol 21, Iss 7684, p 7684 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
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topic balance
falls
posturography
women
aging
NedSVE/IBV<sup>®</sup> platform
Chemical technology
TP1-1185
spellingShingle balance
falls
posturography
women
aging
NedSVE/IBV<sup>®</sup> platform
Chemical technology
TP1-1185
Elena Escamilla-Martínez
Ana Gómez-Maldonado
Beatriz Gómez-Martín
Aurora Castro-Méndez
Juan Antonio Díaz-Mancha
Lourdes María Fernández-Seguín
An Assessment of Balance through Posturography in Healthy about Women: An Observational Study
description The incidence of falls in adults constitutes a public health problem, and the alteration in balance is the most important factor. It is necessary to evaluate this through objective tools in order to quantify alterations and prevent falls. This study aims to determine the existence of alteration of balance and the influence of age in a population of healthy women. Static posturography was performed on 49 healthy adult women with no history of falls in four different situations using the Romberg test with the NedSVE/IBV<sup>®</sup> platform. The variables studied were the body sway area and the anteroposterior and mediolateral displacements. The situation of maximum instability occurred in RGC (<i>p =</i> 0.001), with a significant increase in anteroposterior oscillations regarding the ML (<i>p <</i> 0.001), with no correlation to age. Age alone does not influence the balance in the sample studied, other factors must come together to alter it. The joint cancellation of visual and somatosensory afferents could facilitate the appearance of falls, given that it is a situation of maximum instability. Proprioceptive training is interesting as a preventive strategy for falls.
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author Elena Escamilla-Martínez
Ana Gómez-Maldonado
Beatriz Gómez-Martín
Aurora Castro-Méndez
Juan Antonio Díaz-Mancha
Lourdes María Fernández-Seguín
author_facet Elena Escamilla-Martínez
Ana Gómez-Maldonado
Beatriz Gómez-Martín
Aurora Castro-Méndez
Juan Antonio Díaz-Mancha
Lourdes María Fernández-Seguín
author_sort Elena Escamilla-Martínez
title An Assessment of Balance through Posturography in Healthy about Women: An Observational Study
title_short An Assessment of Balance through Posturography in Healthy about Women: An Observational Study
title_full An Assessment of Balance through Posturography in Healthy about Women: An Observational Study
title_fullStr An Assessment of Balance through Posturography in Healthy about Women: An Observational Study
title_full_unstemmed An Assessment of Balance through Posturography in Healthy about Women: An Observational Study
title_sort assessment of balance through posturography in healthy about women: an observational study
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
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