Balance Retraining After Stroke Using Force Platform Biofeedback
Open Access
- 1 May 1997
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in PTJ: Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal
- Vol. 77 (5) , 553-558
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/77.5.553
Abstract
Balance is a somewhat ambiguous term used to describe the ability to maintain or move within a weight-bearing posture without falling.1,2 Balance can further be broken down into three aspects: steadiness, symmetry, and dynamic stability.3Steadiness refers to the ability to maintain a given posture with minimal extraneous movement (sway). The term symmetry is used to describe equal weight distribution between the weight-bearing components (eg, the feet in a standing position, the buttocks in a sitting position), and dynamic stability is the ability to move within a given posture without loss of balance.3 All of these components of balance (steadiness, symmetry, and dynamic stability) have been found to be disturbed following stroke.2,4,5…Keywords
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: