Anthi Angelou, Ioannis G Amiridis, Chrysostomos Sahinis, Zoi Tsampalaki, Konstantinos Salonikidis, Theodoros Kannas, Vassilia Hatzitaki, Roger M Enoka
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Abstract
Purpose: The present study explored the age-related influence of foot placement on balance control during quiet standing in tandem stance. Although tandem stance is widely used to assess postural control, foot dominance is rarely standardized in balance testing, even though it may influence stability outcomes. This study addressed this gap by examining whether dominant-foot placement affects postural control across the adult lifespan.
Methods: One-hundred participants (53 women) were separated into five age groups: 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, and 61-75 years. They stood upright on a force plate with the dominant foot placed either in the front or back in two visual conditions (eyes open vs. eyes closed). Postural control was assessed by measuring center-of-pressure displacement.
Results: Analysis of variances indicated that center-of-pressure displacement increased across age groups (p < .01). For both visual conditions (eyes open or closed) and across all age groups, center-of-pressure displacement was reduced when the dominant foot was placed at the back during tandem stance (p < .05).
Conclusion: This finding underscores the importance of considering foot dominance when assessing postural control during tandem stance. Standardizing foot placement relative to dominance may enhance the reliability and comparability of balance assessments across studies and age groups.
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Motor Control (MC), a peer-reviewed journal, provides a multidisciplinary examination of human movement across the lifespan. To keep you abreast of current developments in the field of motor control, it offers timely coverage of important topics, including issues related to motor disorders. This international journal publishes many types of research papers, from clinical experimental to modeling and theoretical studies. These papers come from such varied disciplines as biomechanics, kinesiology, neurophysiology, neuroscience, psychology, physical medicine, and rehabilitation.
Motor Control, the official journal of the International Society of Motor Control, is designed to provide a multidisciplinary forum for the exchange of scientific information on the control of human movement across the lifespan, including issues related to motor disorders.
Motor Control encourages submission of papers from a variety of disciplines including, but not limited to, biomechanics, kinesiology, neurophysiology, neuroscience, psychology, physical medicine, and rehabilitation. This peer-reviewed journal publishes a wide variety of types of research papers including clinical experimental, modeling, and theoretical studies. To be considered for publication, papers should clearly demonstrate a contribution to the understanding of control of movement.
In addition to publishing research papers, Motor Control publishes review articles, quick communications, commentaries, target articles, and book reviews. When warranted, an entire issue may be devoted to a specific topic within the area of motor control.
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