Age, functional postural reflexes, and voluntary sway.
Age, functional postural reflexes, and voluntary sway.
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年龄、功能性姿势反射和随意摇摆。
DOI:
10.1093/geronj/44.4.b100
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发表时间:
1989
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Teasdale,N
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作者:
Stelmach,GE;Phillips,J;DiFabio,RP;Teasdale,N
This experiment considered age-related changes in functional relationships between postural reflexes and voluntary movement. Young and older adults received horizontal perturbations during normal stance and when engaged in voluntary sway. Electromyographic activity showed that (a) older adults had poorer coordination between postural reflexes and voluntary movement, and (b) their stabilizing responses to postural disturbances during voluntary sway were slower. In addition, the onsets of activity of functionally important muscles were less tightly bilaterally coupled, and patterns of muscle onsets were less stereotypically organized in older adults. The results suggest that older adults experience some breakdown in the timing and sequencing of muscle activity and in the functional coordination of their postural reflexes with voluntary sway.