Sensory Organization Test outcomes in young, older and elderly healthy individuals - preliminary results
Journal Title: Otolaryngologia Polska - Year 2012, Vol 66, Issue 4
Abstract
The goal of this study was to examine healthy young, mature, old and elderly using Computerized Dynamic Posturography (Smart EquiTest, Neurocom Int,), to collect their data and assess if balance differs significantly with age. Subjects were divided into four age groups: 20-30, 40-50, 60-69, 70-80 years. Their dynamic balance was tested using Sensory Organization Test under various sensory conditions and the data from this test were evaluated. Our data show that overall equilibrium score and strategy score differ signifi-cantly mainly between young and mature versus old and elderly individuals, but in some SOT conditions, significant differences are present within both younger between both older age groups. It means, that balance performance declines not only between young and elderly, but also from decade to decade. Analysis of our data also suggests, that balance performance depends on multiple factors and age is probably only one of them.
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Katarzyna Pierchała, Magdalena Lachowska, Krzysztof Morawski, Kazimierz Niemczyk
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