Postural balance and its sensory-motor correlates in 75-year-old men and women: a cross-national comparative study

The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
P EraB Steen

Abstract

There are no earlier cross-national comparative studies analyzing the functions of the posture control mechanisms and its sensory-motor correlates in elderly subjects. We investigated whether there are differences in balance between elderly subjects living in different geographical areas, and analyzed the sensory-motor associates of balance in men and women separately. Using a force platform method, the functioning of the posture control system under three standardized conditions (normal standing, eyes open; normal standing, eyes closed; and tandem standing, eyes open) was studied among samples of 75-year-old residents in three Nordic localities, namely Glostrup in Denmark, Göteborg in Sweden, and Jyväskylä in Finland. The associations of the variables describing performance in each test with other sensory and motor functions were studied using correlation analyses and multivariate regression models. Differences between the populations were observed in both tests with visual control, favoring the participants from Glostrup and Jyväskylä compared with those from Göteborg. However, only minor differences between the subjects from different localities were observed in the test performed with the eyes closed. In all localities ther...Continue Reading

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