Balance Retraining After Stroke Using Force Platform Biofeedback

DS Nichols, PhD, PT, is Director and Associate Professor, Physical Therapy Division, School of Allied Medical Professions, The Ohio State University, 1583 Perry St, Columbus, OH 43210 (USA) (nichols.3@osu.edu). This excerpt was created in the absence of an abstract. Balance is a somewhat ambiguous term used to describe the ability to maintain or move within a weight-bearing posture without falling. 1,2 Balance can further be broken down into three aspects: steadiness, symmetry, and dynamic stability. 3 Steadiness refers to the ability to maintain a given posture with minimal extraneous movement (sway). The term symmetry is used to describe equal weight distribution between the weight-bearing components (eg, the feet in a standing position, the buttocks in a sitting position), and dynamic stability is the ability to move within a given posture without loss of balance. 3 All of these components of balance (steadiness, symmetry, and dynamic stability) have been found to be disturbed following stroke. 2,4,5 ... Key Words: Balance • Biofeedback • Posture, general • Stroke CiteULike Complore Connotea Del.icio.us Digg Reddit Technorati What's this?