Posture balance

NS (occup) Neurological Impaired postural balance 36 (mean) Chiaetal. 1996... 

Effects on Other Neurological End Points in Adults. Recent studies have provided evidence that exposure to lead affects postural balance. For example, Chia et al. (1996b) evaluated the possible association between postural sway parameters and current PbB concentration, cumulative PbB at different years of exposure, and an index of total cumulative exposure to lead in a group of 60 workers ... 

Bhattacharya A, Smelser DT, Berger O, et al. 1998. The effect of succimer therapy in lead intoxication using postural balance as a measure A case study in a nine year old child. Neurotoxicology (Little Rock) 19(l) 57-64. 

Although replacement therapy is classically exemplified by the treatment of hypofunctioning endocrine glands, there is an important neurological disorder that can be successfully treated with a replacement strategy. Parkinson s disease is a clinical syndrome characterized by slowness of movement, muscular rigidity, resting tremor, and an impairment of postural balance. In the absence of therapy, death frequently results from complications of immobility. 

Bhattacharya, A. 2001. Postural balance measurements. Risk assessment of acute exposure to jet fuel. Pp. 72-75 in JP8 Final Risk Assessment. The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), Lubbock, TX. August 2001. 

Glenn Ritchie, John Rossi III Postural Balance Measurements... 

Smith, L.B., A. Bhattacharya, G. Lem asters, P. Succop, E. Puhala II, M. Medvedovic, and J. Joyce. 1997. Effect of chronic low-level exposure to jet fuel on postural balance of US Air Force personnel. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 39(7) 623-632. 

Cerebellum Controls bodily functions that operate below the level of consciousness including posture, balance, and movement through space. It receives information directly from sense organs, muscles, and joints. 

Acute psychomotor effects of cannabis administration include decreased postural balance (48,49), increased body sway (due to impaired equilibrium) (50), and increased tremor. Effects on simple and complex reaction time tasks are mixed, with some studies reporting impaired performance (51,52) and others showing no effect (50,53). Acute cannabis administration can also impair performance on the digit symbol substitution test (DSST) (9,13,49),... 

Postural balance is a fundamental activity of daily living that must be considered in the frail elderly and patients with various neurological or MSD. Byl and Sinnott (1991) were the first to investigate balance control in patients with LBP, by measuring postural sway. A recent review of published studies... 

One approach to determining the critical dose of lead that affects postural balance in the occupational setting is the benchmark-dose method in which a concentration of lead results in an increased probability of an abnormal end point—a benchmark response—and thereby places exposed people at increased risk (Iwata et al. 2005). Iwata et al. (2005) defined their benchmark dose level as the 95% lower confidence hmit of the benchmark dose. In 121 lead-exposed workers who had a mean BLL of 40 pg/dL, almost all sway measures were significantly larger than those in controls. The mean benchmark dose level of the current BLL for postural sway was 14.3 pg/dL. 

Postural balance postural sway measures with spectral analysis... 

The iliopsoas muscle also plays an important role in the synergistic activities of the muscles of the low back in maintaining a normal lumbosacral angle and proper postural balance. 

Iloppcnfeld S. Physical Bramhatian oj the Spine and Extremities. New York Appleton-Centuiy-Oofis, 1976. Illingworth CM. 128 limping children with no fracture, sprain, or obvious cause. Clin Pedalr 1978 17 139-142. Kappler RE. Role of psoas mechanism in low-back complaints, 7 j4m Osteopath Assoc 1973 72 794-801. Kappler RE. Postural balance and motion patterns J Am Os-... 

The bursitis has as its cause trauma to the area, acute or chronic, as well as any dysfunction affecting the ischium or the structurai integrity of the knee joint. The patient reports pain at the medial aspect of the knee, but careful palpation will elicit point tenderness below the knee joint that is very specific and localized in its nature. The pain will be made worse with contraction of the semitendinous, sartorius, and gracilis muscles. An evaluation for somatic dysfunctions of the pelvis, sacrum, and lumbar region, as well as the postural balance of the lower extremity, must be performed. Treatment can be a local injection of a steroid, a prescription for a NS AID, ice, exercises, and osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) of all somatic dysfunctions, including knee, hip. and pelvic region. 

The cerebellum has a proprioceptive function that controls posture, balance, and smoothness of muscle functioning. When this function is disturbed, symptoms such as dysfunctional movement, muscle tremor, loss of balance, or ataxia may be manifested. 

Keywords— Core stability ball exercise. Ball size. Posture balance, COM-COP inclination angles. Muscle activation. 

---