TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - The postural stability measures most related to aging, physical performance, and cognitive function in healthy adults
JO  - BioMed research international
A1  - Alsubaie, Saud F.
SP  - e5301534
EP  - e5301534
VL  - 2020
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2314-6133
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5301534
ID  - ref1
ER  -