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Fractal dimension approach in postural control of subjects with Prader-Willi Syndrome
BACKGROUND: Static posturography is user-friendly technique suitable for the study of the centre of pressure (CoP) trajectory. However, the utility of static posturography in clinical practice is somehow limited and there is a need for reliable approaches to extract physiologically meaningful inform...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175446/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21854639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-0003-8-45 |
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author | Cimolin, Veronica Galli, Manuela Rigoldi, Chiara Grugni, Graziano Vismara, Luca Mainardi, Luca Capodaglio, Paolo |
author_facet | Cimolin, Veronica Galli, Manuela Rigoldi, Chiara Grugni, Graziano Vismara, Luca Mainardi, Luca Capodaglio, Paolo |
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description | BACKGROUND: Static posturography is user-friendly technique suitable for the study of the centre of pressure (CoP) trajectory. However, the utility of static posturography in clinical practice is somehow limited and there is a need for reliable approaches to extract physiologically meaningful information from stabilograms. The aim of this study was to quantify the postural strategy of Prader-Willi patients with the fractal dimension technique in addition to the CoP trajectory analysis in time and frequency domain. METHODS: 11 adult patients affected by Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) and 20 age-matched individuals (Control group: CG) were included in this study. Postural acquisitions were conducted by means of a force platform and the participants were required to stand barefoot on the platform with eyes open and heels at standardized distance and position for 30 seconds. Platform data were analysed in time and frequency domain. Fractal Dimension (FD) was also computed. RESULTS: The analysis of CoP vs. time showed that in PWS participants all the parameters were statistically different from CG, with greater displacements along both the antero-posterior and medio-lateral direction and longer CoP tracks. As for frequency analysis, our data showed no significant differences between PWS and CG. FD evidenced that PWS individuals were characterized by greater value in comparison with CG. CONCLUSIONS: Our data showed that while the analysis in the frequency domain did not seem to explain the postural deficit in PWS, the FD method appears to provide a more informative description of it and to complement and integrate the time domain analysis. |
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spelling | pubmed-31754462011-09-21 Fractal dimension approach in postural control of subjects with Prader-Willi Syndrome Cimolin, Veronica Galli, Manuela Rigoldi, Chiara Grugni, Graziano Vismara, Luca Mainardi, Luca Capodaglio, Paolo J Neuroeng Rehabil Research BACKGROUND: Static posturography is user-friendly technique suitable for the study of the centre of pressure (CoP) trajectory. However, the utility of static posturography in clinical practice is somehow limited and there is a need for reliable approaches to extract physiologically meaningful information from stabilograms. The aim of this study was to quantify the postural strategy of Prader-Willi patients with the fractal dimension technique in addition to the CoP trajectory analysis in time and frequency domain. METHODS: 11 adult patients affected by Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) and 20 age-matched individuals (Control group: CG) were included in this study. Postural acquisitions were conducted by means of a force platform and the participants were required to stand barefoot on the platform with eyes open and heels at standardized distance and position for 30 seconds. Platform data were analysed in time and frequency domain. Fractal Dimension (FD) was also computed. RESULTS: The analysis of CoP vs. time showed that in PWS participants all the parameters were statistically different from CG, with greater displacements along both the antero-posterior and medio-lateral direction and longer CoP tracks. As for frequency analysis, our data showed no significant differences between PWS and CG. FD evidenced that PWS individuals were characterized by greater value in comparison with CG. CONCLUSIONS: Our data showed that while the analysis in the frequency domain did not seem to explain the postural deficit in PWS, the FD method appears to provide a more informative description of it and to complement and integrate the time domain analysis. BioMed Central 2011-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3175446/ /pubmed/21854639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-0003-8-45 Text en Copyright ©2011 Cimolin et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Cimolin, Veronica Galli, Manuela Rigoldi, Chiara Grugni, Graziano Vismara, Luca Mainardi, Luca Capodaglio, Paolo Fractal dimension approach in postural control of subjects with Prader-Willi Syndrome |
title | Fractal dimension approach in postural control of subjects with Prader-Willi Syndrome |
title_full | Fractal dimension approach in postural control of subjects with Prader-Willi Syndrome |
title_fullStr | Fractal dimension approach in postural control of subjects with Prader-Willi Syndrome |
title_full_unstemmed | Fractal dimension approach in postural control of subjects with Prader-Willi Syndrome |
title_short | Fractal dimension approach in postural control of subjects with Prader-Willi Syndrome |
title_sort | fractal dimension approach in postural control of subjects with prader-willi syndrome |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175446/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21854639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-0003-8-45 |
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