@article{ref1,
title="The postural stability measures most related to aging, physical performance, and cognitive function in healthy adults",
journal="BioMed research international",
year="2020",
author="Alsubaie, Saud F.",
volume="2020",
number="",
pages="e5301534-e5301534",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Different measures have been used to quantify body balance; some of which use technology to measure postural sway, others are physical performance or self-reported. However, there is little information on the best postural sway measures associated with aging, physical performance, and cognitive function measures.  Objective: To evaluate the relationship between postural sway measures and aging, physical performance, and cognitive function measures.   Methods: A total of 51 subjects (53% female, mean age 53.2 ± 21 years) participated in this cross-sectional study. The participants completed the Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale questionnaire, the Functional Gait Assessment (FGA), the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test, and gait speed. Afterward, the participants performed 8 balance exercises, and their postural sway was measured using a force plate. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient was used to examine the relationship between the study variables.   Results: Age was negatively associated with cognitive function, gait speed, ABC scores, and FGA scores. In addition, cognitive ability was associated positively with ABC scores (r = 0.38, p ≤ 0.01). Age, FGA scores, and gait speed were significantly associated with the postural sway of the AP direction in some exercises and in all exercises in the ML directions (p < 0.05). The cognitive function and ABC scores were significantly associated with only postural sway measures in the ML direction (p < 0.05).   Conclusion: The postural sway measures in the lateral direction had more and stronger associations with age, physical performance, and cognitive function measures compared to those in the AP direction.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2314-6133",
doi="10.1155/2020/5301534",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5301534"
}