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Balance disorders, often overlooked and misunderstood, can have a profound impact on an individual's daily life, making even simple tasks a formidable challenge. From feeling dizzy and lightheaded to experiencing unexplained falls, balance disorders encompass a range of symptoms that can be both frustrating and debilitating. In this article we will explore different causes for balance dysfunction and patient populations that do suffer from it, let us discuss the true nature o

In this article you will find out the importance of Balance Assessment & Training.

After a long journey of new developments and software improvements, PhysioSensing Balance Software’22 is now available. After 10 years of development and experience, PhysioSensing Balance Software’22 is now a powerful balance software analysis tool . We are updating it to all our clients. In this version, you can find: All protocols, exercises and games interfaces are redesigned, accordingly to the main design of PhysioSensing. Two new games, are now available to trainee the

The Limits of Stability (LOS) is perhaps the most used protocol in the literature for balance assessment in a dynamic task.

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.

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 protoco

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