Leveling the Playing Field: Evaluation of a Portable Instrument for Quantifying Balance Performance

Balance is a complex, sensorimotor task requiring an individual to maintain the center of gravity within the base of support. Quantifying balance in a reliable and valid manner is essential to evaluating disease progression, aging complications, and injuries in clinical and research settings. Typically, researchers use force plates to track motion of the center of gravity during a variety of tasks. However, limiting factors such as cost, portability, and availability have hindered postural stability evaluation in these settings.
Source: Journal of Biomechanics - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Source Type: research