Review of the Different Methods for Assessing Standing Balance

Browne, Jacinta E.; O’Hare, Neil

doi:10.1016/s0031-9406(05)60696-7

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“…Sonometric measurements revealed that, despite the fact that the study participants were performing a standard midwifery activity, their spatial spinal configuration might distinctively vary among midwives both with reference to the location and to the body plane in which the most unergonomic spine arrangement was recognized. It is due to individual-specific spinal flexibility and habitual movement patterns [10,11]. Multisegmental and multiplane spine movement abilities present favorable conditions for compensatory movements of body segments which secure body stability.…”

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confidence: 99%

Professional experience and ergonomic aspects of midwives’ work

Nowotny-Czupryna¹,

Naworska²,

Brzęk³

et al. 2012

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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Objectives:The most frequent manner of attending childbirth imposes on midwives assuming poor body position affecting the musculoskeletal system. Long professional experience does not mitigate the negative effects. The adopted movement habit, as well as the type, number and frequency of actions influence the body posture. The aim of the study was to identify ergonomic threats of basic occupational midwives activities and how particular spinal segments arrangements while attending childbirth using the same technique in senior midwives differ from those of junior ones. It was also checked whether pain influences the working position assumed by midwives. Materials and Methods: Examinations were conducted in 95 midwives aged 21-50 (X = 29.25±9.34): 51 graduates of BSc midwifery who worked 680 h in delivery rooms during obligatory practical classes and apprenticeship and 44 senior midwives with professional experience of 7-27 years (X = 14.84±5.98). The study was threefold. The spinal alignment while performing work activities associated with attending childbirth was assessed using the OWAS system and the SonoSens Monitor, the center of gravity projection on basal plane -using the AccuGait AMTI stabilometric platform. The measurements were taken during a simulation of attending childbirth (on examination model). A survey was conducted aimed at identifying spinal pain. Results: Midwives' working postures require unnatural body alignments. Postural instability in the working position and no maximal usage of basal plane were observed. The work overload may afflict the musculoskeletal system, which was confirmed by different pain discomforts in 67.3% of the examinees. Conclusions: Spinal alignment while attending childbirth is individually differentiated and in every case non-ergonomic. Identifying explicitly spinal overloads is difficult, but the most prevalent ones affect lumbar and cervical regions altogether. Spinal pain is frequently noted, both in junior and senior midwives, and is characteristic for midwives working in maximal movement ranges. occupational duties involve various tasks. Excluding those connected with nursing care it may be generalized that a continual and a recurrent component of their work is attending childbirth. A characteristic feature of midwives' work is the requirement of adopting a specific body position which has adverse effects on their musculoskeletal system. This motivates for seeking the causes of locomotor system overloads and finding possibilities to alleviate them. OBJECTIVESThe aim of the study was to identify ergonomic hazards associated with routine basic occupational activities performed by midwives and how particular spinal segments arrangements while attending childbirth using the same technique differ in senior midwives from those of the young graduates of BSc midwifery. It was also checked whether experiencing pain influences the working position of midwives. MATERIALS AND METHODSExaminations were conducted in 95 midwives aged 21-50 (X = 29.25±9.34). There were 51 g...

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confidence: 99%

Professional experience and ergonomic aspects of midwives’ work

Nowotny-Czupryna¹,

Naworska²,

Brzęk³

et al. 2012

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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“…It was reported that when compared with inexperienced controls, experienced HHS wearers showed more conservative and stable body control during single-limb support, but a fast weight transfer during double-limb support. However, the effect of HHS wearing experience on human balance in terms of standing balance and functional mobility remains largely unknown, even though both standing balance and functional mobility are critical components of a person's ability to perform daily activities and have been widely used in assessing human balance and the risk of falling (Winter 1995;Tang, Moore, and Woollacott 1998;Arnadottir and Mercer 2000;Browne and O'Hare 2001;Wallmann 2001;Garland et al 2003;Mancini and Horak 2010;Kasser et al 2011;Gerber et al 2012). A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t Therefore, the objective of this study is two-fold.…”

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Effects of high heeled shoes wearing experience and heel height on human standing balance and functional mobility

Hapsari

Xiong

2015

Ergonomics

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“…[23] The state of the patient in the sitting/standing position was monitored daily whereas the core was calculated and interpreted according to the scale. [24] -the Fugl-Meyer scale for the evaluation of the different sensitivity disorders in the sick lower limbs. [23] The exercise program enables the functional recovery and also the development of the social, professional, psychical and communicative functions.…”

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A trial regarding the baropodometric indexes for patients who had a cerebrovascular accident

Tadeus¹,

Danail²,

Silişteanu³

2017

Balneo

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The cerebrovascular accident is associated to the alteration of the static and dynamic balance in orthostatism, during the walk and in the sitting position. There are 65,000 people who have a cerebrovascular accident every year, namely 178 cases a day. For patients who had a cerebrovascular accident, it is essential to divide the recovery period into stages. A third of these patients have various disability degrees. It may sometimes be noticed that the patients who had a cerebrovascular accident have a temporary synchronization of the legs and of the abdomen or only of the legs. The deficit to fix the position of the body segments among them or with the environment may influence the postural stability. The current trial evaluates the possibilities to regain the postural control and the walk for the patients who have a motor deficit after they had a cerebrovascular accident by an individual program of recovery sessions. The exteroceptive sensations at the level of the foot sole are import in order to maintain the stability and the balance as well as in order to reeducate the postural control. The postural stability is determined by the maintenance of the balance by the intervention of the myo-arthric kinetic system and it imposes the maintenance of the projection of the weight centre inside the support base. The maintenance of the stability is a dynamic process that involves the attempt to stabilize and to destabilize the action forces. In order to keep a steady position, it is possible to move the weight centre or to increase the surface of the support base. The baropodometry is a non invasive technique that enables the obtainment of information related to the biomechanics of the human body, by setting up the flaws of the plantar support and by measuring the plantar pressure in static conditions. The use of this device during the walk has effects upon the efficiency of the movements, on the stability of the joints, on the maintenance of a correct posture and on the muscular coordination.

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Review of the Different Methods for Assessing Standing Balance

Cited by 64 publications

References 31 publications

Professional experience and ergonomic aspects of midwives’ work

Professional experience and ergonomic aspects of midwives’ work

Effects of high heeled shoes wearing experience and heel height on human standing balance and functional mobility

A trial regarding the baropodometric indexes for patients who had a cerebrovascular accident

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