Frontal plane hip and ankle sensorimotor function, not age, predicts unipedal stance time
| Autor: | James K. Richardson, James A. Ashton-Miller, Lara Allet, Trina De Mott, Hogene Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Aging medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Diabetic neuropathy Physiology Electromyography Article Body Mass Index Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Physical medicine and rehabilitation Diabetic Neuropathies Physiology (medical) Postural Balance Humans Medicine Muscle Strength Aged Balance (ability) Aged 80 and over Neurologic Examination Hip Proprioception medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Peripheral medicine.anatomical_structure Data Interpretation Statistical Coronal plane Physical therapy Regression Analysis Female Neurology (clinical) Ankle business |
| Zdroj: | Muscle & Nerve. 45:578-585 |
| ISSN: | 0148-639X |
| Popis: | Introduction: Changes occur in muscles and nerves with aging. In this study we explore the relationship between unipedal stance time (UST) and frontal plane hip and ankle sensorimotor function in subjects with diabetic neuropa- thy. Methods: UST, quantitative measures of frontal plane ankle proprioceptive thresholds, and ankle and hip motor function were tested in 41 subjects with a spectrum of lower limb senso- rimotor function ranging from healthy to moderately severe dia- betic neuropathy. Results: Frontal plane hip and ankle sensorimotor function demonstrated significant relationships with UST. Multivariate analysis identified only composite hip strength, ankle proprioceptive threshold, and age to be signifi- cant predictors of UST (R 2 ¼ 0.73), explaining 46%, 24%, and 3% of the variance, respectively. Conclusions: Frontal plane hip strength was the single best predictor of UST and appeared to compensate for less precise ankle proprioceptive thresholds. This finding is clinically relevant given the possibility of strength- ening the hip, even in patients with significant peripheral neu- ropathy. Muscle Nerve 45: 578-585, 2012 |
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