Aging, Equilibrium; Disorder, Labyrinth
Conditions
Keywords
normative data, postural balance, posturography, EquiTest®, Sensory Organization Test, aging
Brief summary
Ageing is known to increase the risk of fall and posturographic stabilometry, both static and dynamic, are useful tools to assess postural stability. To our knowledge, no published normative data for a healthy elderly population are available.
Detailed description
The risk of fall rise with ageing and is huge after 85yrs becoming one of the major problems associated with aging. The computed dynamic posturographic EquiTest® System and Smart BalanceMaster by NeuroCom® International, Inc, Clackamas, OR, USA) provide a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the balance function through the description of the subject's center of gravity (COG) sway. Sensory Organization Test and Sensory Analysis norms are provided for age groups (20-59; 60-69; 70-79) up to 79yrs, whilst they lack in the international literature for subjects 80+yrs, nonetheless being necessary in the understanding of balance performance from a quantitative point of view. Subjects 80+yrs are evaluated with EquiTest® System and Smart BalanceMaster to provide mean values and normative data. In order to assess the reliability of the instrumental evaluation was repeated (T1) two weeks later (±2 days).
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTinstrumental description of the subject's center of gravity (COG) sway
qualitative and quantitative analysis of the balance function through the description of the center of gravity (COG) sway
Sponsors
Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
80 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Age older than 79 years * Free gait, without aids, for at least 50 mt * Cognitive skills allowing the providing of valid informed consent and the understanding of the instructions during clinical and instrumental evaluations
Exclusion criteria
* Pathologies affecting Central Nervous System (i.e., cerebrovascular, neurodegenerative, Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson disease, etc) or vestibulum * Previous traumatic brain injury and/or coma lasting more than 24 hrs and occurred within last 20 years * Impairment affecting the Peripheral Nervous System i.e., pallesthesia \<4/8 * Hip or knee joint replacement within the last 10 years * Surgeries or pathologies affecting the lower limbs or the spine * Pain, acute or chronic * Use, within the last 12 hours, of painkillers or drugs interfering with Central Nervous System or balance
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Normative Data for Sensory Organization Test with EquiTest® System in subjects aged 80yrs and over | instrumental evaluation is performed at enrollment; | Center of gravity sway during posture is evaluated through computed dynamic posturographic EquiTest® System. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Normative Data for Motor Control Test and Adaptation Test with EquiTest® System in subjects aged 80yrs and over | instrumental evaluation is performed at enrollment | Motor responses during perturbations posture are evaluated through computed dynamic posturographic EquiTest® . |
| Normative Data for dynamic tests with Smart BalanceMaster® System in subjects aged 80yrs and over | instrumental evaluation is performed at enrollment | Center of gravity sway during posture is evaluated through computed dynamic posturographic Smart BalanceMaster® System. |
| Reliability of the measures (measures stability) | Instrumental evaluation is repeated two weeks after enrollment | To verify that the instrument yields the same results over multiple trials a second evaluation is performed a second time |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed