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Linking Stability To Demographics, Strength And Sensory System Function In Women Over 40 To Support Pre-Emptive Preventive Intervention, Nancy Low Choy, Sandra Brauer, Jennifer Nitz
Linking Stability To Demographics, Strength And Sensory System Function In Women Over 40 To Support Pre-Emptive Preventive Intervention, Nancy Low Choy, Sandra Brauer, Jennifer Nitz
Nancy Low Choy
Objective
To investigate differences in demographics, strength and sensory system function of 254 women aged 40-80 years categorized as stable, unsteady or unstable using simple balance tests.
Method
Demographics (age, height, weight, medications, co-morbidities, falls history, activity level), measures of quadriceps, hip abductor and adductor strength, somatosensory, visual and vestibular function were recorded. Subjects were categorized as stable (completed all trials), unsteady (failed one/two trials) or unstable (failed all trials) after three 10-s trials of bilateral stance (foam surface, eyes closed (EC)) and one-leg stance (firm surface, eyes open (EO)), and the results were compared.
Results
Both balance tasks identified …