Influence of age and gender in the sensory analysis of balance control

Postural control is achieved through the integration at the central nervous system level of information obtained by the visual, somatosensory and vestibular systems. Computerized dynamic posturography and the Sway Star system are both used to carry out sensory analysis. The purpose of this study was...

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Published in:European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology 2012-02, Vol.269 (2), p.673-677
Main Authors: Faraldo-García, Ana, Santos-Pérez, Sofía, Crujeiras-Casais, Rosa, Labella-Caballero, Torcuato, Soto-Varela, Andrés
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aging - physiology
Female
Head and Neck Surgery
Humans
Kinesthesis - physiology
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Neurosurgery
Otorhinolaryngology
Postural Balance - physiology
Proprioception - physiology
Prospective Studies
Reference Values
Sensory Deprivation
Sex Factors
Social Environment
Vestibule, Labyrinth - physiology
Vision, Ocular - physiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Postural control is achieved through the integration at the central nervous system level of information obtained by the visual, somatosensory and vestibular systems. Computerized dynamic posturography and the Sway Star system are both used to carry out sensory analysis. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of sex and age on sensory analysis, measured with these two systems, and to compare their results. A prospective trial was conducted with 70 healthy individuals (average age: 44.9 years) uniformly distributed in seven age groups, who underwent postural study with both systems. We used SPSS 16.0 for statistical study: comparison of means test for influence of gender and age and Pearson’s correlation test ( p  
ISSN:0937-4477
1434-4726
DOI:10.1007/s00405-011-1707-7