Author/Editor		Cikajlo, I; Matjačić, Z
Title		Apparatus for clinical assessment of postural balancing abilities
Type		članek
Source		In: IFMBE. Proceedings of the 3rd European medical and biological engineering conference EMBEC'05. Vol 11; 2005 Nov 20-25; Prague. Prague: International federation for medical and biological engineering,
Publication year		2005
Language		eng
Abstract		A novel strategy for clinical assessment of postural balancing has been set up. Artificially induced perturbations in four principal and in four combinations of principal directions were provided to the modified clinically approved BalanceTrainer standing frame. A person standing in the standing frame was exposed to postural perturbations while simultaneously EMG of major standing muscles were recorded and center of pressure was calculated. In the study seven healthy subjects were involved to set up the normative and then the apparatus was tested in three neurologically impaired person. The patterns were nearly consistent between healthy subject, but showed noticeable differences significant for each individual impaired person. The outcomes were promising and call for further clinical studies to confirm the clinical applicability of the presented apparatus.
Descriptors		GAIT POSTURE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY ORTHOTIC DEVICES HEMIPLEGIA OSTEOPOROSIS LEG SPINAL CORD INJURIES EQUIPMENT DESIGN ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE