Editorial: The Contribution of Postural Adjustments to Body Balance and Motor Performance: Volume II

[...]in the last section, results of studies focusing on the development of innovative tools and methods to assess and improve gait, balance and cognitive functions in neurological patients are reported. Since aging is known to increase the falling risk, the Sensory Organization Test (SOT) applied t...

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Published inFrontiers in human neuroscience Vol. 16; p. 910540
Main Authors Caderby, Teddy, Cavallari, Paolo, Descarreaux, Martin, Yiou, Eric
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 24.05.2022
Frontiers
Frontiers Media S.A
Subjects
Aging
Ataxia
Balance
Cognitive ability
Computer applications
Gait
Human Neuroscience
innovative tools
Investigations
Life Sciences
motor control
Motor task performance
multisensory integration
Parkinsons disease
Patients
postural control
Posture
Rehabilitation
Sensory integration
Spinal stenosis
Stroke
Virtual reality
rehabilitation
gait
multisensory integration
postural control
innovative tools
human
motor control
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Summary:[...]in the last section, results of studies focusing on the development of innovative tools and methods to assess and improve gait, balance and cognitive functions in neurological patients are reported. Since aging is known to increase the falling risk, the Sensory Organization Test (SOT) applied to old people appears to be a useful tool for assessing postural stability, risk of falling, and balance improvement during rehabilitation. [...]Moon et al. stressed that SOT has limitations (high cost, lack of portability etc.) that hinder its use in clinical practice. [...]they developed an innovative system, called VR-ComBAT (for “Virtual Reality Comprehensive Balance Assessment and Training”), that provides a safe, feasible, and cost-effective virtual reality environment allowing the investigation of multisensory integration in balance control. [...]much attention has been given to the investigation of both gait and postural control in patients with various neuromusculoskeletal conditions, either to establish baseline comparisons with healthy individuals, track natural history of diseases or assess clinical improvement following clinical interventions.
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Edited and reviewed by: Julie Duque, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
This article was submitted to Motor Neuroscience, a section of the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
ISSN:1662-5161
1662-5161
DOI:10.3389/fnhum.2022.910540