An analysis of automatic balance evaluator and rehabilitation mechanism processing

Abstract

The automatic Balance Evaluator and Rehabilitation (ABER) is a general term that covers all the techniques used to quantify postural control in upright stance in either static or dynamic conditions. Among them, Automatic Balance Evaluator and Rehabilitation is a noninvasive specialized clinical assessment technique used to quantify the central nervous system adaptive mechanisms (sensory, motor and central) involved in the control of posture and balance, both in normal (such as in physical education and sports training) and abnormal conditions (particularly in the diagnosis of balance disorders and in physical therapy and postural reduction). Due to the complex interactions among sensory, motor, and central processes involved in posture and balance, ABER requires different protocols in order to differentiate among the many defects and impairments which may affect the patient's posture control system. Thus, ABER challenges it by using several combinations of visual and support surface stimuli and parameters.