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Hua A, Wang G, Bai J, Hao Z, Liu J, Meng J, Wang J. Nonlinear dynamics of postural control system under visual-vestibular habituation balance practice: evidence from EEG, EMG and center of pressure signals. Front Hum Neurosci 2024; 18:1371648. [PMID: 38736529 PMCID: PMC11082324 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1371648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024] Open
Abstract
Human postural control system is inherently complex with nonlinear interaction among multiple subsystems. Accordingly, such postural control system has the flexibility in adaptation to complex environments. Previous studies applied complexity-based methods to analyze center of pressure (COP) to explore nonlinear dynamics of postural sway under changing environments, but direct evidence from central nervous system or muscular system is limited in the existing literature. Therefore, we assessed the fractal dimension of COP, surface electromyographic (sEMG) and electroencephalogram (EEG) signals under visual-vestibular habituation balance practice. We combined a rotating platform and a virtual reality headset to present visual-vestibular congruent or incongruent conditions. We asked participants to undergo repeated exposure to either congruent (n = 14) or incongruent condition (n = 13) five times while maintaining balance. We found repeated practice under both congruent and incongruent conditions increased the complexity of high-frequency (0.5-20 Hz) component of COP data and the complexity of sEMG data from tibialis anterior muscle. In contrast, repeated practice under conflicts decreased the complexity of low-frequency (<0.5 Hz) component of COP data and the complexity of EEG data of parietal and occipital lobes, while repeated practice under congruent environment decreased the complexity of EEG data of parietal and temporal lobes. These results suggested nonlinear dynamics of cortical activity differed after balance practice under congruent and incongruent environments. Also, we found a positive correlation (1) between the complexity of high-frequency component of COP and the complexity of sEMG signals from calf muscles, and (2) between the complexity of low-frequency component of COP and the complexity of EEG signals. These results suggested the low- or high-component of COP might be related to central or muscular adjustment of postural control, respectively.
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- Anke Hua
- Department of Sports Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Taizhou Key Laboratory of Medical Devices and Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Zhejiang University, Taizhou, China
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- Department of Sports Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Sports Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Center for Psychological Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Buchman-Pearle JM, Karakolis T, Callaghan JP. Does sitting on a stability ball increase fall risk during ergonomic reaching tasks? APPLIED ERGONOMICS 2022; 102:103721. [PMID: 35231651 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2022.103721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Although sitting on a stability ball has become an alternative to using an office chair, little is known about the increased potential for a fall on the deformable seat. This study examined differences in stability between sitting on a seat pan of a backless office chair and a stability ball during reaching tasks. Sixteen participants performed forward and lateral reaching tasks on a backless and armless office chair and stability ball while whole-body motion and force data under the seat were recorded. Even with participants placing their feet 16.5 cm wider when seated on the ball, the perceived fall risk was significantly greater. Centre of pressure displacement tended to be smaller under the ball for lateral reach directions, but larger during far anterior reaches. While not statistically significant, the medial-lateral margin of stability was on average 3.4 cm smaller on the ball. Despite attempts to increase stability by widening their stance, stability ball fall risk remained higher.
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- Jessa M Buchman-Pearle
- Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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Nonlinear Measures to Evaluate Upright Postural Stability: A Systematic Review. ENTROPY 2020; 22:e22121357. [PMID: 33266239 PMCID: PMC7760950 DOI: 10.3390/e22121357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Conventional biomechanical analyses of human movement have been generally derived from linear mathematics. While these methods can be useful in many situations, they fail to describe the behavior of the human body systems that are predominately nonlinear. For this reason, nonlinear analyses have become more prevalent in recent literature. These analytical techniques are typically investigated using concepts related to variability, stability, complexity, and adaptability. This review aims to investigate the application of nonlinear metrics to assess postural stability. A systematic review was conducted of papers published from 2009 to 2019. Databases searched were PubMed, Google Scholar, Science-Direct and EBSCO. The main inclusion consisted of: Sample entropy, fractal dimension, Lyapunov exponent used as nonlinear measures, and assessment of the variability of the center of pressure during standing using force plate. Following screening, 43 articles out of the initial 1100 were reviewed including 33 articles on sample entropy, 10 articles on fractal dimension, and 4 papers on the Lyapunov exponent. This systematic study shows the reductions in postural regularity related to aging and the disease or injures in the adaptive capabilities of the movement system and how the predictability changes with different task constraints.
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Josiński H, Świtoński A, Michalczuk A, Grabiec P, Pawlyta M, Wojciechowski K. Assessment of Local Dynamic Stability in Gait Based on Univariate and Multivariate Time Series. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2019; 2019:6917658. [PMID: 31428185 PMCID: PMC6683834 DOI: 10.1155/2019/6917658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Revised: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The ability of the locomotor system to maintain continuous walking despite very small external or internal disturbances is called local dynamic stability (LDS). The importance of the LDS requires constantly working on different aspects of its assessment method which is based on the short-term largest Lyapunov exponent (LLE). A state space structure is a vital aspect of the LDS assessment because the algorithm of the LLE computation for experimental data requires a reconstruction of a state space trajectory. The gait kinematic data are usually one- or three-dimensional, which enables to construct a state space based on a uni- or multivariate time series. Furthermore, two variants of the short-term LLE are present in the literature which differ in length of a time span, over which the short-term LLE is computed. Both a state space structure and the consistency of the observations based on values of both short-term LLE variants were analyzed using time series representing the joint angles at ankle, knee, and hip joints. The short-term LLE was computed for individual joints in three state spaces constructed on the basis of either univariate or multivariate time series. Each state space revealed walkers' locally unstable behavior as well as its attenuation in the current stride. The corresponding conclusions made on the basis of both short-term LLE variants were consistent in ca. 59% of cases determined by a joint and a state space. Moreover, the authors present an algorithm for estimation of the embedding dimension in the case of a multivariate gait time series.
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- Henryk Josiński
- Institute of Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 16, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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- Institute of Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 16, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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- Institute of Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 16, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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- Centre for Research and Development, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Aleja Legionów 2, 41-902 Bytom, Poland
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- Centre for Research and Development, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Aleja Legionów 2, 41-902 Bytom, Poland
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- Centre for Research and Development, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Aleja Legionów 2, 41-902 Bytom, Poland
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Rucco R, Sorriso A, Liparoti M, Ferraioli G, Sorrentino P, Ambrosanio M, Baselice F. Type and Location of Wearable Sensors for Monitoring Falls during Static and Dynamic Tasks in Healthy Elderly: A Review. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2018; 18:E1613. [PMID: 29783647 PMCID: PMC5982638 DOI: 10.3390/s18051613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Revised: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In recent years, the meaning of successful living has moved from extending lifetime to improving the quality of aging, mainly in terms of high cognitive and physical functioning together with avoiding diseases. In healthy elderly, falls represent an alarming accident both in terms of number of events and the consequent decrease in the quality of life. Stability control is a key approach for studying the genesis of falls, for detecting the event and trying to develop methodologies to prevent it. Wearable sensors have proved to be very useful in monitoring and analyzing the stability of subjects. Within this manuscript, a review of the approaches proposed in the literature for fall risk assessment, fall prevention and fall detection in healthy elderly is provided. The review has been carried out by using the most adopted publication databases and by defining a search strategy based on keywords and boolean algebra constructs. The analysis aims at evaluating the state of the art of such kind of monitoring, both in terms of most adopted sensor technologies and of their location on the human body. The review has been extended to both dynamic and static analyses. In order to provide a useful tool for researchers involved in this field, the manuscript also focuses on the tests conducted in the analyzed studies, mainly in terms of characteristics of the population involved and of the tasks used. Finally, the main trends related to sensor typology, sensor location and tasks have been identified.
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- Rosaria Rucco
- Department of Motor Sciences and Wellness, University of Naples "Parthenope", 80133 Naples, Italy.
- IDC Hermitage Capodimonte, 80133 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Engineering, University of Naples "Parthenope", 80133 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Motor Sciences and Wellness, University of Naples "Parthenope", 80133 Naples, Italy.
- IDC Hermitage Capodimonte, 80133 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Science and Technologies, University of Naples "Parthenope", 80133 Naples, Italy.
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- IDC Hermitage Capodimonte, 80133 Naples, Italy.
- Department of Engineering, University of Naples "Parthenope", 80133 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Engineering, University of Naples "Parthenope", 80133 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Engineering, University of Naples "Parthenope", 80133 Naples, Italy.
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