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- Title
A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Relationships between Supine Proprioception Assessments and Upright Functional Mobility.
- Authors
Bellisle, Rachel F.; Peters, Brian T.; Oddsson, Lars; Wood, Scott J.; Macaulay, Timothy R.
- Abstract
Long-duration bedrest impairs upright postural and locomotor control, prompting the need for assessment tools to predict the effects of deconditioning on post-bedrest outcome measures. We developed a tilt board mounted vertically with a horizontal air-bearing sled as a potential supine assessment tool for a future bedrest study. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the association between supine proprioceptive assessments on the tilt board and upright functional mobility. Seventeen healthy participants completed variations of a supine tilt board task and an upright functional mobility task (FMT), which is an established obstacle avoidance course. During the supine tasks, participants lay on the air-bearing sled with axial loading toward the tilt board. Participants tilted the board to capture virtual targets on an overhead monitor during 30 s trials. The tasks included two dynamic tasks (i.e., double-leg stance matching mediolateral tilt targets over ±3° or ±9° ranges) and two static tasks (i.e., single-leg stance maintaining a central target position). The performances during the dynamic tasks were significantly correlated with the FMT time to completion. The dominant-leg static task performance showed a moderate trend with the FMT time to completion. The results indicate that supine proprioceptive assessments may be associated with upright ambulation performance, and thus, support the proposed application in bedrest studies.
- Subjects
EQUILIBRIUM testing; LOCOMOTOR control; PROPRIOCEPTION; AXIAL loads; TASK performance
- Publication
Brain Sciences (2076-3425), 2024, Vol 14, Issue 8, p768
- ISSN
2076-3425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/brainsci14080768