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3813861

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-3-16
pubmed:abstractText
This study evaluated the usefulness of a balance test with eyes open and closed to index postural control capability. Experiment 1 was a one-year longitudinal study of 225 subjects aged 50 to 82 years. Comparing the two conditions, balance with eyes open had higher reliability, had greater sensitivity to aging effects, correlated stronger with functional age indices (vital capacity and forced expiratory volume), and showed greater sensitivity to the effects of physical fitness training. Experiment 2 included 22 visually impaired subjects aged 19 to 84 years. Minimally sighted subjects balanced for longer than fully blind subjects, but no differences in balance were found between subjects blind from birth versus those with acquired vision loss. The findings demonstrate the importance of vision to balance and indicate that balance with eyes open is a valid and sensitive test for clinical and research purposes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0003-9993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
85-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Balance and age in the sighted and blind.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't