Review
Cell Biology
Thanwarat Chantanachai, Daina L. Sturnieks, Stephen R. Lord, Narelle Payne, Lyndell Webster, Morag E. Taylor
Summary: This systematic review identified risk factors for prospectively ascertained falls in older people with cognitive impairment living in the community. Balance deficits, poor mobility, slow gait speed, and depressive symptoms were found to be associated with fallers. Global cognition was not significantly associated with falls, suggesting interventions should focus on improving balance impairment. More high-quality research is needed to support these findings.
AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Orthopedics
Yasemin Bolukbas, Berna Celik
Summary: The study revealed that patients with FMS have higher prevalence of sleep and balance disorders, with lower sleep quality and balance scores compared to healthy individuals. There is a significant relationship between sleep quality and balance, functional status, and frequency of falls in FMS patients.
JOURNAL OF BACK AND MUSCULOSKELETAL REHABILITATION
(2021)
Article
Rheumatology
Burhan Gucmen, Burhan Fatih Kocyigit, Vedat Nacitarhan, Ejder Berk, Tuba Tulay Koca, Ahmet Akyol
Summary: This study compared the proprioception of the cervical region in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients with a healthy control group and examined the relationship between cervical proprioception impairment and loss of balance. The results showed that FMS patients had impaired cervical proprioception and balance, which worsened with increased disease activity and fatigue level.
RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Matheus Almeida Souza, Daniel Goble, Paige Arney, Edgar Ramos Vieira, Gabriela Silveira-Nunes, Leonardo Intelangelo, Michelle Almeida Barbosa, Alexandre Carvalho Barbosa
Summary: This study aimed to characterize the risk of falling in older adults from South and North America using a portable force-plate. South American women showed better balance compared to other groups. No significant differences were found between North vs. South Americans, nor between males and females.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Rafael Lomas-Vega, Carlos Javier Ogayar-Anguita, Rafael J. Segura-Sanchez, Antonio Jesus Rueda-Ruiz, Maria Catalina Osuna-Perez, Ana Belen Peinado-Rubia
Summary: The study found that approximately 70% of subjects with Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) showed some alteration in the perception of visual verticality (VV), with 60% of these patients being visually dependent. The Subjective Visual Vertical (SVV) test correlated with the impact and health status of FMS, while the Rod and Frame test (RFT) correlated with alterations in dynamic balance.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Sara A. Harper, Anne Z. Beethe, Christopher J. Dakin, David A. E. Bolton
Summary: Recent studies have shown that perturbation-based balance training can enhance balance recovery, but the transferability of this training is limited. The challenge lies in how to best equip individuals to deal with the variety of fall-inducing scenarios encountered in daily life using this training method.
Article
Biology
Ravi Shankar Reddy, Jaya Shanker Tedla, Snehil Dixit, Abdullah Raizah, Mohammed Lafi Al-Otaibi, Kumar Gular, Irshad Ahmad, Mohamed Sherif Sirajudeen
Summary: Cervical joint position sense and postural stability are impaired in individuals with FMS, and there is a moderate to strong positive correlation between cervical JPS and postural stability. This study highlights the importance of assessing and addressing these deficits in FMS patients to improve treatment strategies.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Kenta Azukizawa, Kodai Hirose, Yuta Morigami, Naoki Higashi, Hiroyuki Uchida, Kazuki Hirao
Summary: The study aimed to examine the immediate effect of positive-word stimuli via a smartphone application on the multi-directional reach ability in young adults in Japan. The results showed that this intervention did not significantly improve the participants' ability in standing position.
ANNALS OF MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Guilherme Carlos Brech, Tatiana Godoy Bobbio, Kelem de Negreiros Cabral, Patricia Mota Coutinho, Leila Regina de Castro, Luis Mochizuki, Jose Maria Soares-Junior, Edmund Chada Baracat, Luiz Eugenio Garcez Leme, Julia Maria D'Andrea Greve, Angelica Castilho Alonso
Summary: This study evaluated the effect of aging on static balance in women and found a decline in postural balance with advancing age, particularly in women in their ninth decade (80 to 89 years of age). This age group may be a critical period for the deterioration of postural stability in women.
Article
Rehabilitation
Nicky Baker, Karen Grimmer, Sue Gordon
Summary: This study investigated which balance tests can differentiate near fallers from non-fallers and fallers. Among healthy community dwelling adults aged 40-75 years, near fallers were more likely to fail single-leg stance and dynamic balance tests compared to non-fallers. A new battery of tests showed promise in identifying near fallers with a sensitivity of 73.3% in this population.
PHYSIOTHERAPY THEORY AND PRACTICE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Barry R. Greene, Killian McManus, Lilian Genaro Motti Ader, Brian Caulfield
Summary: Using smartphones for health and physical function assessment has great potential, providing low-cost, scalable access to care. A smartphone app for self-directed, unsupervised assessment of balance and falls risk showed a strong association between self-reported falls history and outcome measures, suggesting clinical usefulness.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Johanna Jonsdottir, Fabiola Giovanna Mestanza Mattos, Alessandro Torchio, Chiara Corrini, Davide Cattaneo
Summary: This cross-sectional study investigates the value of including stabilometric measures of sway with clinical measures of balance in models for identification of faller chronic stroke survivors, and the relations between variables. The results show that a model combining BBS, BI, and SwayML is best at accurately identifying faller status in persons in the chronic phase post stroke.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Charles Van Liew, Leland E. Dibble, K. Bo Foreman, Daniel S. Peterson
Summary: This study showed that individuals with MS can experience improvements in reactive balance performance on the first trial after one day of training, with an increase in margin of stability as a key indicator. This suggests that MS patients may benefit from short-term improvements through low-dose perturbation training.
CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS
(2021)
Article
Rehabilitation
Kelly J. Bower, Shamala Thilarajah, Gavin Williams, Yong-Hao Pua, Dawn Tan, Ross A. Clark
Summary: The study aimed to examine the validity, predictive ability, and responsiveness of standing centre of pressure variables in subacute stroke patients. The results showed that some centre of pressure variables were moderately correlated with gait speed and step test scores, and also predicted falls risk. However, the standing centre of pressure variables had limited validity in reflecting dynamic balance and falls risk.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Nobuyuki Shirai, Suguru Yamamoto, Yutaka Osawa, Atsuhiro Tsubaki, Shinichiro Morishita, Ichiei Narita
Summary: This study found that dynamic balance function is associated with fall incidence in maintenance hemodialysis patients. The results of the timed-up-and-go test before and after hemodialysis were related to the number of falls, while static balance function was not related to falls.
