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Laterality of Stance during Optic Flow Stimulation in Male and Female Young Adults
Joint Authors
Piras, Alessandro
Squatrito, Salvatore
Persiani, Michela
Raffi, Milena
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-10-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
During self-motion, the spatial and temporal properties of the optic flow input directly influence the body sway.
Men and women have anatomical and biomechanical differences that influence the postural control during visual stimulation.
Given that recent findings suggest a peculiar role of each leg in the postural control of the two genders, we investigated whether the body sway during optic flow perturbances is lateralized and whether anteroposterior and mediolateral components of specific center of pressure (COP) parameters of the right and left legs differ, reexamining a previous experiment (Raffi et al.
(2014)) performed with two, side-by-side, force plates.
Experiments were performed on 24 right-handed and right-footed young subjects.
We analyzed five measures related to the COP of each foot and global data: anteroposterior and mediolateral range of oscillation, anteroposterior and mediolateral COP velocity, and sway area.
Results showed that men consistently had larger COP parameters than women.
The values of the COP parameters were correlated between the two feet only in the mediolateral axis of women.
These findings suggest that optic flow stimulation causes asymmetry in postural balance and different lateralization of postural controls in men and women.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Persiani, Michela& Piras, Alessandro& Squatrito, Salvatore& Raffi, Milena. 2015. Laterality of Stance during Optic Flow Stimulation in Male and Female Young Adults. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055886
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Persiani, Michela…[et al.]. Laterality of Stance during Optic Flow Stimulation in Male and Female Young Adults. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055886
American Medical Association (AMA)
Persiani, Michela& Piras, Alessandro& Squatrito, Salvatore& Raffi, Milena. Laterality of Stance during Optic Flow Stimulation in Male and Female Young Adults. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055886
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1055886