Effects of balance training with visual input manipulations on balance performance and sensory integration in healthy young adults: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Although balance training can improve balance across various populations, the underlying mechanisms, such as how balance training may alter sensory integration, remain unclear. This study examined the effects of balance training with visual input manipulations provided by virtual reality versus conventional balance training on measures of postural sway and sensory integration during balance control. Twenty-two healthy young adults were randomly allocated into a balance training group (BT) or a balance training with virtual reality group (BT + VR). The BT received traditional balance training, while the BT + VR additionally received visual manipulations during the 4-week balance training to elicit sensory conflicts. Static balance was measured in the form of center of pressure (COP) sway sp

SUBMITTER: Ketterer J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11577058 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature