Verticality Perceptions Associate with Postural Control and Functionality in Stroke Patients.

ABSTRACT: Deficits of postural control and perceptions of verticality are disabling problems observed in stroke patients that have been recently correlated to each other. However, there is no evidence in the literature confirming this relationship with quantitative posturography analysis. Therefore, the objectives of the present study were to analyze the relationship between Subjective Postural Vertical (SPV) and Haptic Vertical (HV) with posturography and functionality in stroke patients. We included 45 stroke patients. The study protocol was composed by clinical interview, evaluation of SPV and HV in roll and pitch planes and posturography. Posturography was measured in the sitting and standing positions under the conditions: eyes open, stable surface (EOSS); eyes closed, stable surface (ECSS); ey

SUBMITTER: Baggio JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4783020 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature