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Body Balance Analysis in the Visually Impaired Individuals Aged 18–24 Years

Background: Proper body balance is maintained by both sensory, i.e., vision, hearing, vestibular, and proprioception, and motor nervous systems. Visual control facilitates balance both in a static position, as well as during movement. Visual dysfunctions can adversely affect balance and stability co...

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Autores principales: Urbaniak-Olejnik, Marta, Loba, Wawrzyniec, Stieler, Olgierd, Komar, Dariusz, Majewska, Anna, Marcinkowska-Gapińska, Anna, Hojan-Jezierska, Dorota
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9654500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36361259
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114383
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author Urbaniak-Olejnik, Marta
Loba, Wawrzyniec
Stieler, Olgierd
Komar, Dariusz
Majewska, Anna
Marcinkowska-Gapińska, Anna
Hojan-Jezierska, Dorota
author_facet Urbaniak-Olejnik, Marta
Loba, Wawrzyniec
Stieler, Olgierd
Komar, Dariusz
Majewska, Anna
Marcinkowska-Gapińska, Anna
Hojan-Jezierska, Dorota
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description Background: Proper body balance is maintained by both sensory, i.e., vision, hearing, vestibular, and proprioception, and motor nervous systems. Visual control facilitates balance both in a static position, as well as during movement. Visual dysfunctions can adversely affect balance and stability control. Methods: The study comprised a group of 30 individuals visually impaired from birth aged 18–24 years. The control group consisted of 50 persons in the same age range as the study group. The trial was performed as four separate tests: two on a stable surface platform, and two on an unstable surface platform. Results: No statistically significant differences were found in the posturography test on the stable platform between the study groups. When tested on an unstable ground surface, the visually impaired subjects obtained showed worse performance than the sighted persons. Statistically significant differences were observed in the majority of the analyzed results. Conclusions: Visually impaired individuals present a poorer ability to maintain balance under dynamic conditions. Tests conducted on the unstable surface platform seem to be more relevant and applicable in the diagnosis of the subjects with visual impairment, as they differentiate the subjects to a greater extent.
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spelling pubmed-96545002022-11-15 Body Balance Analysis in the Visually Impaired Individuals Aged 18–24 Years Urbaniak-Olejnik, Marta Loba, Wawrzyniec Stieler, Olgierd Komar, Dariusz Majewska, Anna Marcinkowska-Gapińska, Anna Hojan-Jezierska, Dorota Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Proper body balance is maintained by both sensory, i.e., vision, hearing, vestibular, and proprioception, and motor nervous systems. Visual control facilitates balance both in a static position, as well as during movement. Visual dysfunctions can adversely affect balance and stability control. Methods: The study comprised a group of 30 individuals visually impaired from birth aged 18–24 years. The control group consisted of 50 persons in the same age range as the study group. The trial was performed as four separate tests: two on a stable surface platform, and two on an unstable surface platform. Results: No statistically significant differences were found in the posturography test on the stable platform between the study groups. When tested on an unstable ground surface, the visually impaired subjects obtained showed worse performance than the sighted persons. Statistically significant differences were observed in the majority of the analyzed results. Conclusions: Visually impaired individuals present a poorer ability to maintain balance under dynamic conditions. Tests conducted on the unstable surface platform seem to be more relevant and applicable in the diagnosis of the subjects with visual impairment, as they differentiate the subjects to a greater extent. MDPI 2022-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9654500/ /pubmed/36361259 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114383 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Marcinkowska-Gapińska, Anna
Hojan-Jezierska, Dorota
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