Age-related changes in leg proprioception: implications for postural control

• Published in: Journal of neurophysiology Vol. 122; no. 2; pp. 525 - 538
• Main Authors: Henry, Mélanie, Baudry, Stéphane
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Physiological Society 01.08.2019
• Series: Control of Movement
• Subjects: Aging - physiology; Humans; Leg - physiology; Muscle Spindles - physiology; Postural Balance - physiology; Proprioception - physiology; Review; Standing Position; Ia afferents; muscle spindles; balance; proprioception; upright standing

In addition to being a prerequisite for many activities of daily living, the ability to maintain steady upright standing is a relevant model to study sensorimotor integrative function. Upright standing requires managing multimodal sensory inputs to produce finely tuned motor output that can be adjus...