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- Title
Assessment via the Oculus of Visual "Weighting" and "Reweighting" in Young Adults.
- Authors
Lubetzky, Anat V.; Harel, Daphna; Darmanin, Helene; Perlin, Ken
- Abstract
Substantial advances in virtual reality technology open an exciting window toward better understanding of subdomains of balance control. Here, we studied whether a portable virtual reality headset can be used to test sensory integration for balance. Twenty young adults stood on a both-sides-up ball or floor. Moving spheres were projected from an Oculus Development Kit 2 at various amplitudes and frequencies. Participants' gains indicated visual "weighting" when standing on both-sides-up but not on the floor and "reweighting" with increased visual amplitude. Intraclass correlations showed acceptable to good reliability for all floor conditions and for some of the both-sides-up conditions when we repeated the protocol a week later. Future steps to further develop our paradigm into a clinical assessment of sensory integration for postural control are discussed.
- Subjects
VIRTUAL reality; POSTURAL balance; POSTURE; HUMAN body; HUMAN attitude &; movement; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISION
- Publication
Motor Control, 2017, Vol 21, Issue 4, p468
- ISSN
1087-1640
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1123/mc.2016-0045