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The Clinical Relevance of Force Platform Measures in Multiple Sclerosis: A Review
Balance impairment and falls are frequent in patients with multiple sclerosis (PwMS), and they may occur even at the earliest stage of the disease and in minimally impaired patients. The introduction of computer-based force platform measures (i.e., static and dynamic posturography) has provided an o...
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2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3671534/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23766910 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/756564 |
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description | Balance impairment and falls are frequent in patients with multiple sclerosis (PwMS), and they may occur even at the earliest stage of the disease and in minimally impaired patients. The introduction of computer-based force platform measures (i.e., static and dynamic posturography) has provided an objective and sensitive tool to document both deficits and improvements in balance. By using more challenging test conditions, force platform measures can also reveal subtle balance disorders undetectable by common clinical scales. Furthermore, posturographic techniques may also allow to reliably identify PwMS who are at risk of accidental falls. Although force platform measures offer several theoretical advantages, only few studies extensively investigated their role in better managing PwMS. Standardised procedures, as well as clinical relevance of changes detected by static or dynamic posturography, are still lacking. In this review, we summarized studies which investigated balance deficit by means of force platform measures, focusing on their ability in detecting patients at high risk of falls and in estimating rehabilitation-induced changes, highlighting the pros and the cons with respect to clinical scales. |
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spelling | pubmed-36715342013-06-13 The Clinical Relevance of Force Platform Measures in Multiple Sclerosis: A Review Prosperini, Luca Pozzilli, Carlo Mult Scler Int Review Article Balance impairment and falls are frequent in patients with multiple sclerosis (PwMS), and they may occur even at the earliest stage of the disease and in minimally impaired patients. The introduction of computer-based force platform measures (i.e., static and dynamic posturography) has provided an objective and sensitive tool to document both deficits and improvements in balance. By using more challenging test conditions, force platform measures can also reveal subtle balance disorders undetectable by common clinical scales. Furthermore, posturographic techniques may also allow to reliably identify PwMS who are at risk of accidental falls. Although force platform measures offer several theoretical advantages, only few studies extensively investigated their role in better managing PwMS. Standardised procedures, as well as clinical relevance of changes detected by static or dynamic posturography, are still lacking. In this review, we summarized studies which investigated balance deficit by means of force platform measures, focusing on their ability in detecting patients at high risk of falls and in estimating rehabilitation-induced changes, highlighting the pros and the cons with respect to clinical scales. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3671534/ /pubmed/23766910 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/756564 Text en Copyright © 2013 L. Prosperini and C. Pozzilli. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Prosperini, Luca Pozzilli, Carlo The Clinical Relevance of Force Platform Measures in Multiple Sclerosis: A Review |
title | The Clinical Relevance of Force Platform Measures in Multiple Sclerosis: A Review |
title_full | The Clinical Relevance of Force Platform Measures in Multiple Sclerosis: A Review |
title_fullStr | The Clinical Relevance of Force Platform Measures in Multiple Sclerosis: A Review |
title_full_unstemmed | The Clinical Relevance of Force Platform Measures in Multiple Sclerosis: A Review |
title_short | The Clinical Relevance of Force Platform Measures in Multiple Sclerosis: A Review |
title_sort | clinical relevance of force platform measures in multiple sclerosis: a review |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3671534/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23766910 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/756564 |
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