Sensory integration of a light touch reference in human standing balance

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 6; p. e0197316
• Main Authors: Assländer, Lorenz, Smith, Craig P., Reynolds, Raymond F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 06.06.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Ankle; Biology and Life Sciences; Computer and Information Sciences; Engineering and Technology; Evoked potentials; Feedback; Feedback loops; Finger; Handbooks; Hypotheses; Identification; Light; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; Nervous system; Physical Sciences; Physiological aspects; Physiology; Posture; Research and Analysis Methods; Sensory integration; Sensory receptors; Signal processing; Signaling; Social Sciences; Tactile stimuli; Touch; Transformation; Welded joints; United Kingdom; Germany; United Kingdom > UK

In upright stance, light touch of a space-stationary touch reference reduces spontaneous sway. Moving the reference evokes sway responses which exhibit non-linear behavior that has been attributed to sensory reweighting. Reweighting refers to a change in the relative contribution of sensory cues sig...