Postural Balance

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Novel Tool for Deformity Surgery Planning: Determining the Magnitude of Lordotic Correction Required to Achieve a Desired Sagittal Vertical Axis. 
  • A simple, efficient tool for assessment of mice after unilateral cortex injury. 
  • Aging effects on leg joint variability during walking with balance perturbations. 
  • An eight-week golf-specific exercise program improves physical characteristics, swing mechanics, and golf performance in recreational golfers. 
  • Assessing falls in the elderly: should we use simple screening tests or a comprehensive fall risk evaluation? 
  • Assisted early mobility for hospitalized older veterans: preliminary data from the STRIDE program. 
  • Association of knee and ankle osteoarthritis with physical performance. 
  • BE-FAST (Balance, Eyes, Face, Arm, Speech, Time): Reducing the Proportion of Strokes Missed Using the FAST Mnemonic. 
  • Balance performance on the postural stress test: comparison of young adults, healthy elderly, and fallers. 
  • Basketball Players' Dynamic Performance Across Competition Levels. 
  • Berg balance scale and outcome measures in acquired brain injury. 
  • Block-Periodized Training Improves Physiological and Tactically Relevant Performance in Naval Special Warfare Operators. 
  • Bmp4 is essential for the formation of the vestibular apparatus that detects angular head movements. 
  • COG1410, a novel apolipoprotein-E mimetic, improves functional and morphological recovery in a rat model of focal brain ischemia. 
  • Cerebellar networks in individuals at ultra high-risk of psychosis: impact on postural sway and symptom severity. 
  • Changes in gait and posture as factors of dynamic stability during walking in pregnancy. 
  • Clinical Outcome Measures for Lateropulsion Poststroke: An Updated Systematic Review. 
  • Clinician-friendly lower extremity physical performance tests in athletes: a systematic review of measurement properties and correlation with injury. Part 2--the tests for the hip, thigh, foot and ankle including the star excursion balance test. 
  • Co-exposure to pyridostigmine bromide, DEET, and/or permethrin causes sensorimotor deficit and alterations in brain acetylcholinesterase activity. 
  • Comparison of jump-landing protocols with Biodex Balance System as measures of dynamic postural stability in athletes. 
  • Differential effects of ethanol in adolescent and adult rats. 
  • Differential effects of ethanol on motor coordination in adolescent and adult rats. 
  • Does vertebral level of pedicle subtraction osteotomy correlate with degree of spinopelvic parameter correction? 
  • Effect of a single dose of diazepam on balance measures in older people. 
  • Effect of the posterior cruciate ligament on posterior stability of the knee in high flexion. 
  • Effects of Deployment on Musculoskeletal and Physiological Characteristics and Balance. 
  • Effects of daily dermal application of DEET and epermethrin, alone and in combination, on sensorimotor performance, blood-brain barrier, and blood-testis barrier in rats. 
  • Effects of functional taping compared with sham taping and minimal intervention on pain intensity and static postural control for patients with non-specific chronic low back pain: a randomised clinical trial protocol. 
  • Effects of high-intensity strength training on multiple risk factors for osteoporotic fractures. A randomized controlled trial. 
  • Electromyographic analysis of postural adjustments in two methods of balance testing. 
  • Evaluation of Postural Control in Patients with Glaucoma Using a Virtual Reality Environment. 
  • Expression of the apolipoprotein E gene does not affect motor recovery after sensorimotor cortex injury in the mouse. 
  • Fear of falling and postural reactivity in patients with glaucoma. 
  • Fitness levels of middle aged martial art practitioners. 
  • Force plate for measuring the ground reaction forces in small animal locomotion. 
  • Free testosterone levels are associated with mobility limitation and physical performance in community-dwelling men: the Framingham Offspring Study. 
  • Functional reach: a new clinical measure of balance. 
  • Functional reach: predictive validity in a sample of elderly male veterans. 
  • Gender Differences in Static and Dynamic Postural Stability of Soldiers in the Army's 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). 
  • Implications of spinopelvic alignment for the spine surgeon. 
  • Importance of the intracellular domain of NR2 subunits for NMDA receptor function in vivo. 
  • Increased hypothermic responses to ethanol in rats selectively bred for cholinergic supersensitivity. 
  • Integrated injury prevention program improves balance and vertical jump height in children. 
  • Lower extremity function and subsequent disability: consistency across studies, predictive models, and value of gait speed alone compared with the short physical performance battery. 
  • Mechanisms for regulating step length while running towards and over an obstacle. 
  • Military personnel with self-reported ankle injuries do not demonstrate deficits in dynamic postural stability or landing kinematics. 
  • Natural history of spinopelvic alignment differs from symptomatic deformity of the spine. 
  • Neutral upright sagittal spinal alignment from the occiput to the pelvis in asymptomatic adults: a review and resynthesis of the literature. 
  • Normative Data for the NeuroCom Sensory Organization Test in US Military Special Operations Forces. 
  • One-leg standing balance and functional status in an elderly community-dwelling population in northeast Italy. 
  • Pharmacogenomic effects of apolipoprotein e on intracerebral hemorrhage. 
  • Physical activity and functional limitations in older women: influence of self-efficacy. 
  • Physical examination of dizziness in athletes after a concussion: A descriptive study. 
  • Postural responses and effector factors in persons with unexplained falls: results and methodologic issues. 
  • Postural stability deficit could predict ankle sprains: a systematic review. 
  • Predicting changes in physical performance in a high-functioning elderly cohort: MacArthur studies of successful aging. 
  • Prediction of Dynamic Postural Stability During Single-Leg Jump Landings by Ankle and Knee Flexibility and Strength. 
  • Quantitative measurement of postural sway in mouse models of human neurodegenerative disease. 
  • Rapid reliable measurement of lesion parameters for studies of motor recovery after sensorimotor cortex injury in the rat. 
  • Re: Factors affecting recovery after acoustic neuroma resection by Cohen et al. 
  • Reduced expression of the vesicular acetylcholine transporter causes learning deficits in mice. 
  • Reducing frailty and falls in older persons: an investigation of Tai Chi and computerized balance training. Atlanta FICSIT Group. Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies of Intervention Techniques. 
  • Rehabilitation Therapy in Older Acute Heart Failure Patients (REHAB-HF) trial: Design and rationale. 
  • Relationship of performance on the sensory organization test to landing characteristics. 
  • Relationships between gait variability and ambulatory activity post stroke. 
  • Reliability and validity of an accelerometry based measure of static and dynamic postural stability in healthy and active individuals. 
  • Restraint stress augments postprandial gastric contractions but impairs antropyloric coordination in conscious rats. 
  • Retention of VOR gain following short-term VOR adaptation. 
  • Retention of adaptive control over varying intervals: prevention of slip- induced backward balance loss during gait. 
  • Right vs. left sensorimotor cortex suction-ablation in the rat: no difference in beam-walking recovery. 
  • Role of biomechanics and muscle activation strategy in the production of endpoint force patterns in the cat hindlimb. 
  • Sacral tumor resection and the impact on pelvic incidence. 
  • Sagittal spinopelvic parameters in children with achondroplasia: identification of 2 distinct groups. 
  • Sedative and GABAergic effects of ethanol on male and female rats. 
  • Selected as the best paper in the 1990s: Reducing frailty and falls in older persons: an investigation of tai chi and computerized balance training. 
  • Selective antagonistic effects of exposure to bright light on the hypothermic action of ethanol. 
  • Short-Term Risk of Serious Fall Injuries in Older Adults Initiating and Intensifying Treatment With Antihypertensive Medication. 
  • Similar motor recovery of upper and lower extremities after stroke. 
  • Simvastatin treatment duration and cognitive preservation in experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage. 
  • Spinal flexibility and balance control among community-dwelling adults with and without Parkinson's disease. 
  • Spontaneous improvement of cervical alignment after correction of global sagittal balance following pedicle subtraction osteotomy. 
  • Strategies for supporting intervention fidelity in the rehabilitation therapy in older acute heart failure patients (REHAB-HF) trial. 
  • Strength, flexibility, and balance characteristics of highly proficient golfers. 
  • Symptoms of the knee and hip in individuals with and without limb length inequality. 
  • TT-301 inhibits microglial activation and improves outcome after central nervous system injury in adult mice. 
  • Tele-Assessment of the Berg Balance Scale: Effects of Transmission Characteristics. 
  • The Relationship Between Trunk Rotation, Upper Quarter Dynamic Stability, and Pitch Velocity. 
  • The addition of body armor diminishes dynamic postural stability in military soldiers. 
  • The effect of Tai Chi Quan and computerized balance training on postural stability in older subjects. Atlanta FICSIT Group. Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies on Intervention Techniques. 
  • The effect of extension constraint knee bracing on dynamic balance, gait mechanics, and joint alignment. 
  • The effects of ultrasound-guided adductor canal block versus femoral nerve block on quadriceps strength and fall risk: a blinded, randomized trial of volunteers. 
  • The efficacy of treadmill training on balance dysfunction in individuals with chronic stroke: a systematic review. 
  • The relative importance of strength and balance in chair rise by functionally impaired older individuals. 
  • The role of the substantia nigra in posture control. 
  • Treatment for Vestibular Disorders: How Does Your Physical Therapist Treat Dizziness Related to Vestibular Problems? 
  • Unipedal balance is affected by lower extremity joint arthroplasty procedure 1 year following surgery. 
  • Upper Quarter Y Balance Test: reliability and performance comparison between genders in active adults. 
  • Uranyl acetate-induced sensorimotor deficit and increased nitric oxide generation in the central nervous system in rats. 
  • Validity of the multidimensional outcome expectations for exercise scale in continuing-care retirement communities. 
  • Vestibular Rehabilitation for Peripheral Vestibular Hypofunction: An Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline: FROM THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION NEUROLOGY SECTION. 
  • Vestibular adaptation exercises and recovery: acute stage after acoustic neuroma resection. 
  • Vestibular consequences of mild traumatic brain injury and blast exposure: a review. 
  • Weight-bearing asymmetry in individuals post-hip fracture during the sit to stand task. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Feld, Jody Ann, Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Physical Therapy
  • Gottfried, Oren N, Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery
  • Warner, David Samuel, Distinguished Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology, in the School of Medicine, Neurobiology