Undisturbed upright stance control in the elderly: Part 1. Age-related changes in undisturbed upright stance control |
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Authors: | Berger L Chuzel M Buisson G Rougier P |
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Institution: | Laboratoire de Modélisation des Activités Sportives, Université de Savoie, Domaine Scientifique de Savoie-Technolac, F 73 376 Le Bourget du Lac Cedex, France. laetitia.berger@univ-savoie.fr |
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Abstract: | The authors investigated age-related changes in postural control in 33 healthy young adults (18-31 years), 29 seniors (62-75 years), and 22 elderly people (75-96 years). A force platform recorded the results. The horizontal motions of the center of gravity (CGh) and their difference in the plane of support CP - CGv were deduced from the complex center of pressure (CP) trajectories. With fractional Brownian modeling, one can establish that the aging process seems to induce a transition phase in which seniors take more time to initiate the corrective process in the mediolateral (ML) axis than do younger people. The elderly develop a new strategy characterized by the mobilization of higher neuromuscular energy to maintain equilibrium. In the ML axis, the larger displacements could be caused mainly by a hip strategy that could facilitate step initiation. In the anteroposterior (AP) axis, seniors and elderly individuals maintain a relative ability to stabilize their CG into the base of support compared with younger people. |
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