Postural Control during Progressively Increased Balance-Task Difficulty in Athletes with Unilateral Transfemoral Amputation: Effect of Ocular Mobility and Visuomotor Processing
| Autor: | Teresa Zwierko, Michał Zwierko, Piotr Lesiakowski |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Lateral stability genetic structures Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis lcsh:Medicine Single leg stance Article Amputation Surgical Postural control 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Soccer Task Performance and Analysis Medicine Humans Range of Motion Articular Postural Balance Transfemoral amputation Balance (ability) Vienna Test System Stability index biology business.industry Athletes lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health balance 030229 sport sciences amputee soccer players biology.organism_classification saccades Oculomotor Muscles Postural stability business human activities 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 17 Issue 17 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 6242, p 6242 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph17176242 |
| Popis: | This study examined postural control during single leg stance test with progressively increased balance-task difficulty in soccer players with unilateral transfemoral amputation (n = 11) compared to able-bodied soccer players (n = 11). The overall stability index (OSI), the anterior/posterior stability index, and the medial/lateral stability index during three balance tasks with increasing surface instability were estimated. The oculomotor and visuomotor contribution to postural control in disabled athletes was analyzed. Oculomotor function, simple and choice reaction times, and peripheral perception were assessed in a series of visuomotor tests. The variation in OSI demonstrated significantly greater increases during postural tests with increased balance-task difficulty in the able-bodied soccer players compared to amputees (F(2,40) = 3.336, p < 0.05). Ocular mobility index correlated (p < 0.05) with OSI in conditions of increasing balance-task difficulty. Moreover, speed of eye-foot reaction has positive influence (p < 0.05) on stability indexes in tasks with an unstable surface. Amputee soccer players displayed comparable postural stability to able-bodied soccer players. Disabled athletes had better adaptability in restoring a state of balance in conditions of increased balance-task difficulty than the controls. The speed of visuomotor processing, characterized mainly by speed of eye-foot reaction, significantly contributed to these results. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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