TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Does the level of difficulty in balancing tasks affect haptic sensitivity via light touch?
JO  - Journal of Motor Behavior
A1  - Magre, Fernanda Lopes
A1  - Costa, Thais Delamuta Ayres da
A1  - Paiva, Ana Clara de Souza
A1  - Moraes, Renato
A1  - Mauerberg-deCastro, Eliane
SP  - 1
EP  - 12
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - The purpose of this study was to determine whether the contribution of bimanual light touch varies according to the difficulty level of postural tasks (e.g., vision occlusion, height of support surface). Fourteen healthy young adults each were asked to stand in a tandem position, on a 20-cm height balance beam. Postural tasks included light touch and no touch conditions in two vision conditions, nonvision and full vision. The root mean square of amplitude of oscillation (mediolateral), mean velocity, ellipse area, and path length of the center of pressure revealed that touch conditions reduced sway to a greater extent in the elevated support surface, nonvision condition. Highly unstable balance tasks increase the optimization of light touch and affect the attenuation of postural sway.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-2895
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2019.1565529
ID  - ref1
ER  -