- Objectives: Postural control in elderly people is impaired by degradations of sensory, motor, and higher-level adaptive mechanisms. Here, we characterize the effects of a progressive balance training programon these postural control impairments using a brain network model based on system identification techniques. Methods and Material: We analyzed postural control of 35 healthy elderly subjects and compared findings to data from 35 healthy young volunteers. Eighteen elderly subjects performed a 10 week balance training conducted twice per week. Balance training was carried out in static and dynamic movement states, on support surfaces with different elastic compliances, under different visual conditions and motor tasks. Postural control was characterized by spontaneous sway and postural reactions to pseudorandom anterior-posterior tilts of the support surface. Data were interpreted using a parameter identification procedure based on a brain network model. Conclusion: Balance training reduced overactive proprioceptive feedback andObjectives: Postural control in elderly people is impaired by degradations of sensory, motor, and higher-level adaptive mechanisms. Here, we characterize the effects of a progressive balance training programon these postural control impairments using a brain network model based on system identification techniques. Methods and Material: We analyzed postural control of 35 healthy elderly subjects and compared findings to data from 35 healthy young volunteers. Eighteen elderly subjects performed a 10 week balance training conducted twice per week. Balance training was carried out in static and dynamic movement states, on support surfaces with different elastic compliances, under different visual conditions and motor tasks. Postural control was characterized by spontaneous sway and postural reactions to pseudorandom anterior-posterior tilts of the support surface. Data were interpreted using a parameter identification procedure based on a brain network model. Conclusion: Balance training reduced overactive proprioceptive feedback and restored vestibular orientation in elderly. Based on the assumption of a linear deterioration of postural control across the life span, the training effect can be extrapolated as a juvenescence of 10 years. This study points to a considerable benefit of a continuous balance training in elderly, even without any sensorimotor deficits.…
MetadatenAuthor details: | Isabella K. Wiesmeier, Daniela Dalin, Anja Wehrle, Urs GranacherORCiDGND, Thomas Muehlbauer, Jörg Dietterle, Cornelius Weiller, Albert Gollhofer, Christoph Maurer |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2017.00273 |
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ISSN: | 1663-4365 |
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Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28848430 |
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Title of parent work (English): | Frontiers in aging neuroscience |
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Publisher: | Frontiers Research Foundation |
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Place of publishing: | Lausanne |
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Publication type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Date of first publication: | 2017/08/11 |
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Publication year: | 2017 |
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Release date: | 2022/04/11 |
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Tag: | age; balance; proprioception; training; vestibular |
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Volume: | 9 |
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Number of pages: | 13 |
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Funding institution: | European Union [610454]; German Research foundation (DFG) [ADV139]; DFG [MA 2543/3-1]; Brainlinks-Braintools Cluster of Excellence |
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Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Sport- und Gesundheitswissenschaften |
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DDC classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
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Peer review: | Referiert |
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Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Exzellenzbereich Kognitionswissenschaften |
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Publishing method: | Open Access / Gold Open-Access |
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License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
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