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The Sit-to-Stand (STS) is a well-known test to quantify the ability of the patient to lift from a sitting position to a standing position.

You will learn what is a posturography, what is measured and importance.

Learn how you can perform Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) with Force/Pressure Platform. Check how CoP/Body Sway add value for this test.

PhysioSensing Balance Software´21, is now a powerful balance software analysis tool. Check all the new improvements.

List of 12 balance assessment protocols with force plate. A brief resume, clinical reports and main applications.

A look at the Fall Risk protocol Falls are one of the greatest causes of serious health problems among older adults, representing more than 50% of the hospitalizations due to lesions in this age group [1]. Falls have a multifactorial origin, which includes mobility problems, balance disorders, chronic illnesses, and impaired vision. Thus, it is important to incorporate fall risk screening in the elder’s health monitoring routine. PhysioSensing Balance Software has a protocol

We created a new approach to balance assessment: Total Balance Pro The motive behind As we explained before in one of our articles (What is Balance?), balance is the ability to maintain the body’s center of mass over its base of support. Balance is achieved and maintained by a complex set of sensorimotor control systems that include sensory input from vision (sight), proprioception (touch), and the vestibular system (motion, equilibrium, spatial orientation); integration of t

1. Balance is often taken for granted Having intact balance control is essential for maintaining postural stability and ensuring safe mobility during daily activities, such as weight shifting, changing position while performing manual tasks, walking, or climbing stairs (Mancini & Horak, 2010). When balance is impaired, even simple actions, like walking across a gravel driveway, transitioning from sidewalk to grass, or getting out of bed in the middle of the night, can become

1. The science behind Both platforms measure different biomechanical characteristics. However, it’s easy to get pressure confused with force, and vice-versa: The pressure platform measures the plantar pressure distribution, obtaining the plantar pressure map, similar to a heatmap of the foot. The force platform measures the magnitude and direction of the resulting force, independent of the contact area, obtaining the resulting vector from the ground reacti

1. Balance Mechanisms & Vestibular Disorders Balance is the ability to maintain the body’s center of mass over its base of support. Balance is achieved and maintained by a complex set of sensorimotor control systems (Figure 1 – left) that include sensory input from vision (sight), proprioception (touch), and the vestibular system (motion, equilibrium, spatial orientation); integration of that sensory input; and motor output to the eye and body muscles [1]. When any of these s

What is it? Static analysis, also known as baropodometry, is the study of the pressure that acts between the plantar surface of the foot and the support surface in a static position. The term borapodometry is derived from Latin: BARO = PRESSURE PODO = FEET METRY = MEASURE Therefore, baropodometry is the measurement of plantar pressures, allowing an evaluation of the plantar pressure distribution and also of the center of pressure (CoP), which cor