Sensory organization test in elderly patients with and without vestibular dysfunction

Pedalini, Maria Elisabete Bovino; Cruz, Oswaldo Laércio Mendonça; Bittar, Roseli Saraiva Moreira; Lorenzi, Maria Cecília; Grasel, Signe Schuster

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“…The resulting scores provide information about the assimilation of the visual, proprioceptive, and vestibular components of balance. 15 Previous investigators looked at the SOT as a way to assess and track rehabilitation progress in participants with vestibular deficits 20,24 and central nervous system disorders 25 and in an aging population. 26,27 The use of the SOT in a healthy population is a relatively new concept.…”

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“…Normative SOT scores for children, 18 the elderly, 19 and patients with vestibular disorders 20 have been published, but no such data have been published for a military-specific or highly active population, to our knowledge. The primary purpose of our study was to present a normative database for SOT scores from a US Military Special Operations population so that the scores can be compared with those of any groups who maintain a high level of conditioning and training.…”

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Normative Data for the NeuroCom Sensory Organization Test in US Military Special Operations Forces

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Williams

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et al. 2017

Journal of Athletic Training

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Context: Postural stability is the ability to control the center of mass in relation to a person's base of support and can be affected by both musculoskeletal injury and traumatic brain injury. The NeuroCom Sensory Organization Test (SOT) can be used to objectively quantify impairments to postural stability. The ability of postural stability to predict injury and be used as an acute injury-evaluation tool makes it essential to the screening and rehabilitation process. To our knowledge, no published normative data for the SOT from a healthy, highly active population are available for use as a reference for clinical decision making. Objective: To present a normative database of SOT scores from a US Military Special Operations population that can be used for future comparison. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Human performance research laboratory. Patients or Other Participants: A total of 542 active military operators from Naval Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen (n = 149), Naval Special Warfare Command, Sea, Air, and Land (n = 101), US Army Special Operations Command (n = 171), and Air Force Special Operations Command (n = 121). Main Outcome Measure(s): Participants performed each of the 6 SOT conditions 3 times. Scores for each condition, total equilibrium composite score, and ratio scores for the somatosensory, visual, and vestibular systems were recorded. Results: Differences were present across all groups for SOT conditions 1 (P < .001), 2 (P = .001), 4 (P > .001), 5 (P > .001), and 6 (P = .001) and total equilibrium composite (P = .000), visual (P > .001), vestibular (P = .002), and preference (P > .001) NeuroCom scores. Conclusions: Statistical differences were evident in the distribution of postural stability across US Special Operations Forces personnel. This normative database for postural stability, as assessed by the NeuroCom SOT, can provide context when clinicians assess a Special Operations Forces population or any other groups that maintain a high level of conditioning and training.

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Normative Data for the NeuroCom Sensory Organization Test in US Military Special Operations Forces

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Journal of Athletic Training

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“…The authors explained these results by the ability of pathological group develop better the visual and somatosensory cues for maintaining balance and thus compensate for the inaccurate information from the vestibular system. (10,11) However, these discrepancies of results between the studies could be related by differences from methodological protocol.…”

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The comparison of postural balance in elderly active, sedentary and with vestibulopathy

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Simon³

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“…Body balance is the ability to stand erect or perform body acceleration and rotation movements without any wobbles or falls. Static balance controls the oscillation of the body in the still position and the dynamic uses information from the external and/or internal environment to react to changes in stability, activating the muscles in a coordinated way 20,21 . In the present work, we compare the two situations.…”

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Efeito de um protocolo de Facilitação Neuromuscular Proprioceptiva (FNP) no equilíbrio postural de idosas

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RESUMO Envelhecimento é um processo no qual existem alterações morfológicas, funcionais e bioquímicas. Os pés são estruturas acometidas nesse processo, afetando o equilíbrio corporal e aumentando o risco de quedas. Para minimizar esses efeitos, a Facilitação Neuromuscular Proprioceptiva (FNP) pode ser utilizada, pois melhora a perfusão, a força e a coordenação dos membros inferiores. Teve objetivo avaliar os efeitos da FNP no equilíbrio de idosos. Trata-se de estudo longitudinal e quantitativo, realizado em um hospital público em Teresina (PI). Participaram 20 idosas com idade entre 65 e 85 anos, submetidas a um protocolo de FNP. Foram coletados dados baropodométricos (áreas total, do antepé e do retropé) de forma estática (sem perturbação) e dinâmica (com perturbação), além do teste Timed Up and Go (TUG) e do teste de alcance funcional. Não houve diferença nas áreas plantares antes e após a intervenção, apesar da diminuição da área após os exercícios na avaliação estática (retropé antes: 150,85cm² e depois: 147,40cm²; p=0,0593) e na avaliação dinâmica (retropé antes: 154,30cm² e depois: 151,40cm²; p=0,0783). Foi observada diminuição do tempo do TUG de 10,75s para 8,23s (p<0,0001) um aumento da área de deslocamento, de 21,07cm para 31,10cm (p<0,0001) no teste de alcance funcional. As idosas apresentaram maior ativação dos músculos plantares, com diminuição da área de apoio após o protocolo de FNP. Houve melhora significativa no tempo de marcha e no alcance funcional nas idosas, o que está associado a um menor risco de quedas após os exercícios.

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Sensory organization test in elderly patients with and without vestibular dysfunction

Cited by 45 publications

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Normative Data for the NeuroCom Sensory Organization Test in US Military Special Operations Forces

Normative Data for the NeuroCom Sensory Organization Test in US Military Special Operations Forces

The comparison of postural balance in elderly active, sedentary and with vestibulopathy

Efeito de um protocolo de Facilitação Neuromuscular Proprioceptiva (FNP) no equilíbrio postural de idosas

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