Balance Training Enhances Vestibular Function and Reduces Overactive Proprioceptive Feedback in Elderly.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: Postural control in elderly people is impaired by degradations of sensory, motor, and higher-level adaptive mechanisms. Here, we characterize the effects of a progressive balance training program on these postural control impairments using a brain network model based on system identification techniques. Methods and Material: We analyzed postural control of 35 healthy elderly subjects and compared findings to data from 35 healthy young volunteers. Eighteen elderly subjects performed a 10 week balance training conducted twice per week. Balance training was carried out in static and dynamic movement states, on support surfaces with different elastic compliances, under different visual conditions and motor tasks. Postural control was characterized by spontaneous sway

SUBMITTER: Wiesmeier IK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5554492 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature