Comparison of the Body-Sway Characteristics of Young Adults Compared to Healthy Elderly and Elderly with Equilibrium Disorder

The study compared body-sway characteristics of 380 young adults, 342 generally healthy elderly without disequilibrium disorders, and a group of 33 elderly with disequilibrium disorders. Center of foot pressure (COP) was measured for 1 min. using an Anima's stabilometer G5500 with a data sampli...

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Veröffentlicht in:Perceptual and motor skills 2011-10, Vol.113 (2), p.547-556
Hauptverfasser: Kitabayashi, Tamotsu, Uchiyama, Masanobu, Demura, Shin-Ichi, Kawabata, Haruka, Demura, Tomohiro
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Zusammenfassung:The study compared body-sway characteristics of 380 young adults, 342 generally healthy elderly without disequilibrium disorders, and a group of 33 elderly with disequilibrium disorders. Center of foot pressure (COP) was measured for 1 min. using an Anima's stabilometer G5500 with a data sampling frequency of 20 Hz. Four high reliability measures were used to evaluate body sway (unit time sway, front-back sway, and a left-right sway, and high frequency band power). Unit time sway, left-right sway, and high frequency band power were significantly larger for the group of elderly with disequilibrium disorders, and smaller for the healthy elderly people and young adults, in that order. Front-back sway was significantly larger in the elderly with disequilibrium disorders and healthy elderly than in young adults. The elderly with disequilibrium disorders had a larger and faster sway than young adults as well as the healthy elderly, particularly in the left-right direction. It appears aging was specifically associated with larger influence on the front-back sway.
ISSN:0031-5125
1558-688X
DOI:10.2466/10.15.26.PMS.113.5.547-556