Understanding postural control requires considering various mechanisms underlying a person's ability to stand, to walk, and to interact with the environment safely and efficiently. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the functional relation between biomechanical and neurophysiological perspectives related to postural control in both standing and walking based on movement efficiency. Evidence related to the biomechanical and neurophysiological mechanisms is explored as well as the role of proprioceptive input on postural and movement control.
Objective: To analyse the relation between contralesional and ipsilesional limbs in subjects with stroke during step-to-step transition of walking.Design: Observational, transversal, analytical study with a convenience sample.
Setting:Patients from a physical medicine and rehabilitation clinic in Portugal (Braga).
Participants:Sixteen subjects with post-stroke hemiparesis with the ability to walk independently and twenty-two healthy controls.Interventions: Not applicable.
Conclusions:The findings obtained suggest that the lower performance of the contralesional limb in forward propulsion during gait is not only related to contralateral supraspinal damage but also to a dysfunctional influence of the ipsilesional limb.
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