Browsing by Subject "postural balance"

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    • Associação entre a ocorrência de quedas e o desempenho no Incremental Shuttle Walk Test em mulheres idosas 

      Bardin, Marcela Grigol [UNIFESP]; Dourado, Victor Zuniga [UNIFESP] (Associação Brasileira de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Fisioterapia, 2012-08-01)
      BACKGROUND: Because the incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) requires agility in its performance, we hypothesized that the test may be associated with balance and risk of falls in the elderly. Objective: To evaluate and ...

    • Body balance in elderly patients, 12 months after treatment for BPPV 

      Lanca, Solange Martiliano; Gazzola, Juliana Maria [UNIFESP]; Kasse, Cristiane Akemi [UNIFESP]; Alves Branco-Barreiro, Fatima Cristina; Vaz, Daniela Patricia; Scharlach, Renata Coelho [UNIFESP] (Assoc Brasileira Otorrinolaringologia & Cirurgia Cervicofacial, 2013-01-01)
      Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo is highly prevalent in the elderly population, triggering major changes in body balance.Objective: To compare the results obtained from static posturography in the elderly before and ...

    • Equilíbrio corporal em pacientes com apnéia obstrutiva do sono e sintomas vestibulares 

      Duarte, Juliana Antoniolli [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2015-12-18)
      Objectives: To asses the body balance in patients with sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) and chronic vestibular symptoms (VS), to compare the body balance of patients with OSA with and without VS and still to relate the severity ...

    • Factors associated with functional balance and mobility among elderly diabetic outpatients 

      Cordeiro, Renata Cereda [UNIFESP]; Jardim, José Roberto [UNIFESP]; Perracini, Monica Rodrigues; Ramos, Luiz Roberto [UNIFESP] (Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, 2009-10-01)
      OBJECTIVES: To characterize balance and mobility among diabetic elderly outpatients and to estimate the extent to which functional balance and mobility abnormalities can be influenced by sociodemographic, clinical and other ...

    • The functional assessment Berg Balance Scale is better capable of estimating fall risk in the elderly than the posturographic Balance Stability System 

      Pereira, Vanessa Vieira; Maia, Roberto Alcantara [UNIFESP]; Silva, Sonia Maria Cesar De Azevedo [UNIFESP] (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 2013-01-01)
      The purpose of this study was to verify which instrument better identifies recurrent falls in the elderly. Ninety-eight old people, with an average age of 80±4 years, were submitted to an assessment of balance and fall ...

    • Oscilação do centro de pressão plantar de indivíduos com e sem entorse de tornozelo 

      Saito, Andre Kenzo [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2014-10-31)
      Introduction: The most common mechanism of ligament ankle injury is by plantar flexion associated with inversion, known as ankle sprain. The lesion may impair neuromuscular control of the individual, changing postural ...

    • Patients with autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxia have more risk of falls, important balance impairment, and decreased ability to function 

      Aizawa, Carolina Yuri P. [UNIFESP]; Pedroso, Jose Luiz [UNIFESP]; Braga-neto, Pedro [UNIFESP]; Callegari, Marilia Rezende [UNIFESP]; Barsottini, Orlando Graziani Povoas [UNIFESP] (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 2013-08-01)
      OBJECTIVES: To assess balance and ability to function in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia. METHODS: A total of 44 patients with different spinocerebellar ataxia types 1, 2, 3, and 6 were evaluated using the Tinetti ...

    • Posturografia do Balance Rehabilitation Unit (BRU TM) na vertigem posicional paroxística benigna 

      Monteiro, Silvia Roberta Gesteira; Ganança, Mauricio Malavasi [UNIFESP]; Ganança, Fernando Freitas [UNIFESP]; Ganança, Cristina Freitas [UNIFESP]; Caovilla, Heloisa Helena [UNIFESP] (Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cervicofacial, 2012-06-01)
      Posturography has been used in the evaluation of patients with vestibular disorders. AIM: To evaluate balance control with the Balance Rehabilitation Unit (BRU TM) posturography in patients with Benign Paroxysmal Positional ...

    • Posturografia estática em dependentes de drogas ilícitas e álcool 

      Moreira, Daniela Affonso; Ganança, Mauricio Malavasi [UNIFESP]; Caovilla, Heloisa Helena [UNIFESP] (Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cervicofacial, 2012-10-01)
      The use of illicit drugs and alcohol can affect body balance. AIM: To evaluate balance control with static posturography in individuals addicted to illicit drugs, with or without alcohol abuse. Study design: Case-control, ...

    • Processamento cognitivo e equilíbrio corporal em idosos com disfunção vestibular 

      Caixeta, Giovanna Cristina dos Santos; Doná, Flávia [UNIFESP]; Gazzola, Juliana Maria [UNIFESP] (Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cervicofacial, 2012-04-01)
      Abnormal body balance and cognitive dysfunction may develop in elderly patients with chronic vestibular dysfunction. AIM: To evaluate the relationship between cognitive processing and body balance in elderly patients with ...