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Adults; Equilibrium (Physiology); Ages 20s and 30s; Exercise; Human beings -- Attitude and movement; Postural balance; Posture; Sensory organization test; Sensory systems; Young adults; Young Population
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The Role Of Visual, Vestibular, And Somatosensory Systems In Postural Balance, Mary Grace Gaerlan
The Role Of Visual, Vestibular, And Somatosensory Systems In Postural Balance, Mary Grace Gaerlan
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The integration of visual, vestibular, and somatosensory components are used to maintain one's postural balance. Postural control changes over time and body sway increases with age. The different sensory systems begin to develop and refine starting when children are young, while in older adults it begins to decline. Hence, it is important to study the changes that occur in postural balance. There is very little known about balance of younger adults. If balance issues are identified early in adult life it is possible to prevent exacerbation of balance decline as one ages. If nurse practitioners are aware of what dominant …