Effectiveness and recovery action of a perturbation balance test – a comparison of single-leg and bipedal stances. Issue 10 (27th July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Petró, Bálint; T Nagy, Judit; Kiss, Rita M
• Is Part Of: Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering. Volume 21:Issue 10(2018)
• Page Start: 593
• Page End: 600
• Publication Date: 2018-07-27
• Subjects: Bipedal stance -- Dynamic balancing -- Posturomed -- single-leg balancing; Biomechanics -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Biomedical engineering -- Periodicals; Biomechanics -- Periodicals; Biomedical Engineering -- methods -- Periodicals; Computing Methodologies -- Periodicals; 612.7
• DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2018.1502278
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1025-5842

Abstract

Abstract: Dynamic balancing abilities can be assessed with perturbation tests. The present study examined the effectiveness of balancing (damping ratio) and the recovery action (directional ratio) in bipedal and dominant single-leg stance in the young population. Twenty-four healthy young adult participants completed unidirectional lateral perturbations successfully using a Posturomed© platform (Haider Bioswing, Germany). Single-leg stances had similar damping scores ( p = 0.551) to and lower directional ratio values ( p = 0.002) than bipedal recoveries. This shows that different recovery actions can achieve similar effectiveness in the two stances. A test evaluation methodology that simultaneously utilises performance and motion characteristic parameters was demonstrated.