On the Functional Aspects of Variability in Postural Control
- 1 October 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
- Vol. 30 (4) , 177-183
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003677-200210000-00007
Abstract
VAN EMMERIK, R.E.A., and E.E.H. VAN WEGEN. On the functional aspects of variability in postural control. Exerc. Sport Sci. Rev., Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 177–183, 2002. Current research in nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory has challenged traditional perspectives that associate high variability with performance decrement and pathology. It is argued that variability can play a functional role in postural control and that reduction of variability is associated with changes in balance with aging and neurological disease.Keywords
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