A Modified Lean and Release Technique to Emphasize Response Inhibition and Action Selection in Reactive Balance.

ABSTRACT: Assessment of reactive balance traditionally imposes some type of perturbation to upright stance or gait followed by measurement of the resultant corrective behavior. These measures include muscle responses, limb movements, ground reaction forces, and even direct neurophysiological measures such as electroencephalography. Using this approach, researchers and clinicians can infer some basic principles regarding how the nervous system controls balance to avoid a fall. One limitation with the way in which these assessments are currently used is that they heavily emphasize reflexive actions without any need to revise automatic postural reactions. Such an exclusive focus on these highly stereotypical reactions would fail to adequately address how we can modify these reactions should the need ar

SUBMITTER: Bolton DAE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7561077 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature