The control of standing is a complicated task, and many factors contribute to an adequate postural control. However, further studies are needed to confirm our findings. On the basis of this data, correct diagnostic clues will be available to clinicians and professionals in the field. Young people had more retro-podalic support than older people the balance shifted forward in elderly people.Īs the study included a relatively large quantity of data collected using a standardized protocol, these results could be used as normative values of posturography for similar populations. The data show that the oscillations on the sagittal plane (y-mean) change with advancing age. In our sample, the balance to improve with age, up to approximately 45 years, but the trend to reverse with older age. Distance-weighted least squares method was used to represent the percentile on appropriate graphs. To provide percentile values of our cohort, data were processed to obtain 3 curves corresponding to the following percentiles: 25th, 50th, 75th, and the interquartile range.
This observational study aimed to report the values derived from posturography of a wide set of healthy subjects from various European countries using a plantar pressure platform and a standardized method of measurement.Ī random cluster sampling of 914 healthy subjects aged between 7.0 and 85.99 years, stratified by age, was carried out. In the past 20 years, posturography has been widely used in the medical field.
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This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. ∗Correspondence: Antonino Patti, Department of Psychology and Educational Science, University of Palermo, Via Giovanni Pascoli 6, 90144 Palermo, Italy (e-mails:, ).Ībbreviations: CoG = center of gravity = COM = center of mass, CoP = coordinates of the center of pressure, ES = ellipse surface area right-left, IQR = interquartile range, SP = the global path of the center of pressure on the platform, x-mean = coordinates of the CoP coordinates along the frontal planes (X right-left), y-mean = coordinates of the CoP coordinates along the sagittal planes (Y forward-backward). GRegional Sport School of Sicily CONI (Olympic National Italian Committee), Palermo, Italy. ADepartment of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, ItalyīFaculty of Sport Science, Ankara University, TurkeyĬFaculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Teslina 6, Split, CroatiaĭDepartment of Biomedical Science, University of Padua, Italy
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