Implementation of a Central Sensorimotor Integration Test for Characterization of Human Balance Control During Stance.

ABSTRACT: Balance during stance is regulated by active control mechanisms that continuously estimate body motion, via a "sensory integration" mechanism, and generate corrective actions, via a "sensory-to-motor transformation" mechanism. The balance control system can be modeled as a closed-loop feedback control system for which appropriate system identification methods are available to separately quantify the sensory integration and sensory-to-motor components of the system. A detailed, functionally meaningful characterization of balance control mechanisms has potential to improve clinical assessment and to provide useful tools for answering clinical research questions. However, many researchers and clinicians do not have the background to develop systems and methods appropriate for performing ident

SUBMITTER: Peterka RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6300494 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature