Reduced plantar sole sensitivity induces balance control modifications to compensate ankle tendon vibration and vision deprivation

Billot, Maxime; Handrigan, Grant; Simoneau, Martin; Teasdale, Normand

doi:10.1016/j.jelekin.2014.06.003

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“…Vibratory stimulation provokes body inclination backwards when it is applied to the triceps surae [ 137 ] and provokes body inclination forwards when it is applied to the tibilis anterior [ 138 ]. The vibratory frequency and amplitude usually used are, respectively, between 30 and 100 Hz and between 0.2 and 3 mm [ 135 , 139 – 141 ]. The stimulation frequency influences the muscle response—the higher the values, the greater the postural reaction.…”

Section: Disturbing Postural Conditionsmentioning

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“…Overall, there could be three main techniques to reduce or suppress plantar cutaneous sensitiveness. The first technique consists of anesthetizing the sensitivity of cutaneous receptors through hypothermia by placing the plantar sole in iced water (0–2°C or 0–5°C) for some minutes (e.g., 10 or 20 min) in order to disturb postural control [ 117 , 139 , 144 ]. The second technique consists of using a foam-supporting surface which appears to be an appropriate tool to challenge postural control and produces substantial and multidirectional balance disturbance [ 145 , 146 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Techniques and Methods for Testing the Postural Function in Healthy and Pathological Subjects

Paillard

Noé

2015

BioMed Research International

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The different techniques and methods employed as well as the different quantitative and qualitative variables measured in order to objectify postural control are often chosen without taking into account the population studied, the objective of the postural test, and the environmental conditions. For these reasons, the aim of this review was to present and justify the different testing techniques and methods with their different quantitative and qualitative variables to make it possible to precisely evaluate each sensory, central, and motor component of the postural function according to the experiment protocol under consideration. The main practical and technological methods and techniques used in evaluating postural control were explained and justified according to the experimental protocol defined. The main postural conditions (postural stance, visual condition, balance condition, and test duration) were also analyzed. Moreover, the mechanistic exploration of the postural function often requires implementing disturbing postural conditions by using motor disturbance (mechanical disturbance), sensory stimulation (sensory manipulation), and/or cognitive disturbance (cognitive task associated with maintaining postural balance) protocols. Each type of disturbance was tackled in order to facilitate understanding of subtle postural control mechanisms and the means to explore them.

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Section: Disturbing Postural Conditionsmentioning

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Section: Disturbing Postural Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Techniques and Methods for Testing the Postural Function in Healthy and Pathological Subjects

Paillard

Noé

2015

BioMed Research International

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334

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“…However, we showed in previous studies that although cooling the plantar sole of the feet yielded a significant reduction in plantar sensation, perturbations to balance control were limited because of recalibration of the contribution of the various sources of sensory information available and compensatory strategies (e.g., Billot et al, 2015). Hence, in the present study we postulated that cooling the plantar sole of the feet would facilitate the sensorimotor recalibration of the hand by reducing possible interference resulting from the differential processing of sensory information from the lower limbs (necessary to control balance) and the hand (initial gating to facilitate the recalibration).…”

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“…The cooling protocol was similar to that adopted in two previous studies (Billot et al, 2013, 2015). In those studies, the skin temperature decreased from about 27 to 14°C, and significantly decreased sensitivity for the first and the fifth metatarsus and the heel (monofilament test) and a significant increase in distance for a two-point discrimination test were observed.…”

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Reduced plantar sole sensitivity facilitates early adaptation to a visual rotation pointing task when standing upright

Billot

Teasdale

Léandre

et al. 2016

Journal of Human Kinetics

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Humans are capable of pointing to a target with accuracy. However, when vision is distorted through a visual rotation or mirror-reversed vision, the performance is initially degraded and thereafter improves with practice. There are suggestions this gradual improvement results from a sensorimotor recalibration involving initial gating of the somatosensory information from the pointing hand. In the present experiment, we examined if this process interfered with balance control by asking participants to point to targets with a visual rotation from a standing posture. This duality in processing sensory information (i.e., gating sensory signals from the hand while processing those arising from the control of balance) could generate initial interference leading to a degraded pointing performance. We hypothesized that if this is the case, the attenuation of plantar sole somatosensory information through cooling could reduce the sensorimotor interference, and facilitate the early adaptation (i.e. improvement in the pointing task). Results supported this hypothesis. These observations suggest that processing sensory information for balance control interferes with the sensorimotor recalibration process imposed by a pointing task when vision is rotated.

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“…The control of the standing posture in humans requires various sensory systems, including visual [1], vestibular [2,3], plantar sole mechanoreceptor [4][5][6][7][8], and proprioceptive [9] systems. The central nervous system (CNS) integrates these different sensory inputs.…”

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Functional Role of the Somatosensory Information to Perceive the Standing Position in the Anteroposterior Direction

Asai¹

2020

Somatosensory and Motor Research

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The perceptibility of standing positions in the anteroposterior direction varies according to the standing position. Standing positions with the center of foot pressure (COP) located far from the COP in the quiet standing position show lower stability, and the perceptibility was markedly higher in comparison to positions with the COP near the COP in the quiet standing position. This chapter focuses on the role of somatosensory information in the perception of standing positions in the anteroposterior direction based on our previous study, which concluded that a large change in sensory information generated from the sole of the heel and knee may provide important cues regarding the perception of standing positions with low stability. Large changes in the somatosensory information generated from pressure changes on the sole and from the upward movement of the patella leaning forward or backward while standing may contribute to the position information.

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Reduced plantar sole sensitivity induces balance control modifications to compensate ankle tendon vibration and vision deprivation

Cited by 31 publications

References 31 publications

Techniques and Methods for Testing the Postural Function in Healthy and Pathological Subjects

Techniques and Methods for Testing the Postural Function in Healthy and Pathological Subjects

Reduced plantar sole sensitivity facilitates early adaptation to a visual rotation pointing task when standing upright

Functional Role of the Somatosensory Information to Perceive the Standing Position in the Anteroposterior Direction

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