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THE FRAMEWORK OF MOVEMENT and IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE
IC 37Saturday, October 19, 2013
1:30 – 3:30
Deborah Gaebler‐Spira, MD
Gay L. Girolami, PT, PhD
Postural Control
involves the control of the body’s position in space in order to obtain stability and orientation
(Massion, 1998)
center of body mass (COM)a location of the net mass of all the
body segments in space
Stability – is the maintenance of the center of body mass (COM) within the base of support during static or dynamic activities
center of pressure (COP)measures the
location of the vertical ground reaction vector at the surface of support
Base of support BOS is the possible range of the center of pressure COP
motion of the COP measured in terms of sway area represents an individual's control of the body sway or preservation of stance stability
Functional Goals of Postural Control
• Postural orientation the active alignment of the trunk and head with respect to gravity, support surfaces, the visual surround and internal references
• Postural equilibrium the coordination of movement strategies to stabilize the centre of body mass during both self‐initiated and externally triggered disturbances of stability
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The purposes of that control are tomaintain equilibrium and orientationin sitting and standing
(Horak, 1992; Shumway‐Cook & Woollacott, 1993)
Why this topic is important?
Cerebral Palsy
“Cerebral palsy (CP) describes a group of disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain. The motor disorders of cerebral palsy are often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, cognition, communication, perception, musculoskeletal and/or behaviour, and/or by a seizure disorder.”
Bax M, Goldstein M, Rosenbaum P, Leviton A, Paneth N. definition and classification of cerebral palsy,
April 2005. Dev Med Child Neurol 2005;47(8):571‐6.
What drives early postural control
• Combined reduction of equilibrium reactions
• Righting reflexes
• Bleck‐1987‐Of all the motor problems in CP deficient equilibrium reactions interfere the most with functional walking
Postural control
• is no longer considered simply a summation of static reflexes but, rather, a complex skill based on the inter‐ action of dynamic sensorimotorprocesses
Contributors of Postural Control Mechanism
A complex interaction of systems and higher level processes.
Adapted from Woollacott & Shumway‐Cook, 2001
Postural Control
Musculoskeletal components
Sensory Systems
Sensory strategiesNeuromuscular
Synergies
AnticipatoryMechanisms
AdaptiveMechanisms
Internal Representations
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Vestibular SystemProprioception
Vision
Strength
Postural Control
Precarious Balance
Alignment
Postural Performance
• Biomechanical constraints‐alignment and spasticity, weakness
• Movement strategies‐selective motor control , praxia
• Postural orientation‐righting, equilibrium
• Sensory environment‐visual, vestibular, proprioception
• Experience‐developmental
• Cognitive resources
“Sensory information from somatosensory, vestibular and visual systems is integrated, and the relative weights placed on each of these inputs are dependent on the goals of the movement task and the environmental context.”
Head Control as Basis
• sensory organs for visual and vestibular
• systems are embedded in the head, making refined head control of critical importance for both orientation and balance
6 Month – Typical Development
6 Month – Atypical DevelopmentPhotos: www. Pathways.org
Vestibular systems
• during posturographythat sensory conditions in which children must rely primarily on vestibular cues cause instability and frequent falling in children with spastic CP
• Liao et al. 1997, 2003;
Deficits of Sensory function
• Tactile, kinesthetic proprioceptive information
• Needed to determine starting position of limb
• Correct errors for refinement of skills
• Neglect‐learned non‐use
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Sensory
• Proprioception
• Position sense is altered and biased
• Subjects were asked to place at certain position
• Joint‐Position Sense and Kinesthesia in Cerebral Palsy
• Wingert et al
The amount of cognitive processing required for postural control depends both on the complexity of the postural task and on the capability of the subject’s postural control system.
Alignment
Postural Balance in Children with CPRose, et al
• center of pressure
calculations of path length per second, average radial displacement‐ sway excursion
• force plate evaluation of postural balance can detect impairment of specific components of postural balance
• 1/3 had deficits and the majority deficits were in radial displacement
Walking prognosis in cerebral palsy: a 22‐year retrospective analysis
de Paz Junio, Burnett, Braga
• A retrospective study was performed of 272 patients with spasticity to determine criteria for the prognosis for ambulation based on the ages at which children with cerebral palsy attain important gross motor milestones. The variables analyzed were age at last clinical assessment, clinical type of cerebral palsy and ages at attainment of gross motor milestones. Achievement of head balance before nine months was an important parameter for good prognosis for walking and, after 20 months of age, an indicator for poor prognosis. Sitting by 24 months indicated a favorable outcome, and motor control of crawling at 30 months of age was a predictor for good prognosis. Based on these data, a chart for walking prognosis in children with cerebral palsy is presented.
Dev Med Child Neurology 1994 Feb;36(2):130‐4.
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• The control of posture involves many different underlying physiological systems that can be affected by pathology or sub‐clinical constraints
• The effective rehabilitation of balance to improve mobility and to prevent falls requires a better understanding of the multiple mechanisms underlying postural control.
Balance‐treatment options ‐ part two
Efficacy and Effectiveness of Physical Therapy in Enhancing Postural Control in Children with Cerebral
PalsySusan R. Harris and Lori Roxborough
• NEURAL PLASTICITYVOLUME 12, NO. 2‐3, 2005
Virtual reality as a therapeutic modality for children with cerebral palsy
LAURIE SNIDER, ANNETTE MAJNEMER, & VASILIKI DARSAKLIS
• postural control / balance improved during hippotherapy and THR
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WiiagnosticsStudying balance and function in cerebral palsy
using video games
Mickey Kopstein, Iris Valeris PHD
2013 RIC Summer Extern
Discussion
• Wii Fit is able to accurately measure parameters related to balance
• More sensitive than traditional measures
• Potential to monitor outcomes accurately at home
• Can diagnose specific problem areas and cater therapy to patient
Compensatory and Anticipatory Postural Control
Postural Control MechanismsMechanism Typical time delay
Anticipatory postural adjustments < 0 ms prior to perturbation
Muscle and tendon elasticity 0 ms
Monosynaptic reflexes 30 ms
Polysynaptic reflexes 50 ms
Compensatory postural reactions(preprogrammed rxns)
70 ms
Voluntary actions 150 ms & onwards
Adapted from Latash 2008
Main Mechanisms of Postural Control
Anticipatory Postural Adjustments (APAs) – Muscle activity prior to the onset of voluntary movement / perturbation
– Feedforward postural control
– Serve to counteract the predicted perturbation
Compensatory Postural Adjustments (CPAs) – Occur after a perturbation
– Triggered by sensory feedback signals – feedback postural control
– Serve to reorganize posture and maintain balance
0 ms
APA CPA
Timeline of APAs and CPAs
‐ 150 ms + 70 ms
Reflex Responses
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Postural Control Mechanisms
• CPAs: balance training programs commonly incorporate CPA concept
(i.e., strengthening/strategies for recovering balance, multi direction stepping exercises)
• APAs not well understood/established in terms children and clinical interventions
COMPENSATORY POSTURAL ADJUSTMENTS
Girolami & Shiratori CSM 2010
DEVELOPMENT OF POSTURAL CONTROL IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN
CPAs First Six Months
• A repertoire of variable, but direction specific postural adjustments are seen before independent sitting
– Minimal ability to adapt to the perturbation
– As early as 3‐4 months ability to balance flex/ext of the neck for head control in supported sitting Harbourne et al, 1987
– Inconsistent ability to inhibit dorsal mms (NE, TE) prior to activation of ventral muscles in FW translation (BW sway)
First Six MonthsBy 4 – 5 months successful grasping is accompanied by variable, direction specific patterns
Infants able to adapt muscle activity relative to their position Supine
Semi‐reclined
Upright sitting
Semi‐reclined sitting yields earlier activation of neck flexors and extensors than upright supported sitting
Van der Fits & Hadders‐Algra, 1998
Semi‐Reclined Position in Treatment
The semi‐reclined
position has been
used to increase the
activation of the neck
flexors and develop
improved strength and
balance between neck
flexors and extensors
Girolami & Campbell, 1994
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By 6 months
• Infants can begin to select from a repertoire of direction specific patterns of muscle activation
– Able to select patterns of muscle activity in response to the perturbation – forward vs. backward
– Variation of responses decreases with age
– Increased ability to inhibit dorsal mms (NE, Trunk Ext) prior to activation of ventral muscles in FW translation (BW sway)
– Experience increased body awareness shown by ability to choose the best stabilization of the head for the movement paradigm
Van der Fits & Hadders‐Algra, 1998, 1999a
Six to Nine Months
Able to adapt the magnitude of muscle activity in the enbloc pattern to match the degree of perturbation
Coincides with ability to sit independently
Between 6 – 9 months infants increasingly choose the enbloc postural pattern from their repertoire esp. when risk of loss of balance is high
Van der Fits & Hadders‐Algra, 1998, 1999b
From Nine Months Consistent activation of direction specific muscles
Ability to modulate response patterns is present by 9‐10 months in sitting
With respect to velocity of perturbation
With respect to the pelvic position
With respect to load
Fully developed CPAs in sitting at three years
Fully develop adult patterns in standing on translational surfaces between 7‐10 years
Shumway‐Cook and Wollacott, 1985
The postural response pattern is activated based on the direction of the perturbation
– Backward translation of the support surface causes a forward weight shift resulting in activation of the dorsal neck, trunk, lower extremity muscle groups.
– Forward translation of the support surface causes a backward weight shift resulting in activation of the ventral neck, trunk and lower extremity muscles
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Postural Strategies• Ankle Strategy – when perturbations are small, distal to
proximal muscle activation is used to maintain posture
• Hip Strategy – when perturbations are large, causing changes in body geometry, proximal to distal muscle activity is recruited
• Stepping strategy – when the external perturbation is too great and limits of stability are exceeded, the individual takes a step to maintain Com within BOS
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CPAs ‐Muscle Sequencing
• Based on the initial posture, there is a distinct sequence of muscle activity
– Standing = distal proximal activation
– Sitting = cephalo‐caudal
activation
Woollacott & Shumway‐Cook, 1990Horak & Nashner, 1986,
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CPAs ‐ Acquisition• EMG activation during
platform translations causing backward sway
• 27 month old – longer response time and cocontraction
• 5 year old – greater trial variability
• 7 year old ‐ direction specific activation of Tibalis Anterior and Rectus Femoris
Woollacott & Shumway‐Cook, 1990
7 year old Adult
Three Trials
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CPA Training• Effect of balance training
on muscle activity used in recovery of stability in children with cerebral palsy: a pilot study.
• Woollacott M, Shumway‐Cook A, Hutchinson S, CiolM, Price R, Kartin D
• Dev Med Child Neurol. 2005 Jul;47(7):455‐61.
• Effect of balance training on recovery of stability in children with cerebral palsy.
• Shumway‐Cook A, Hutchinson S, Kartin D, Price R, Woollacott M
• Dev Med Child Neurol. 2003 Sep;45(9):591‐602.
Postural Control
Children with CP
• Greater and regular sway
• Delayed response to perturbations
• Center of pressure of studies‐
• Trouble fine tuning
• Cephalic caudal recruitment
Anticipatory Postural Adjustments
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DEVELOPMENT OF APAS
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APAs in Sitting• Observed as early as 5 – 6 months prior to reaching
Hadders‐Algra & Brogren, 1996
• Variable responses present at 8 ‐ 9 months during reaching in long sit
Van der Fitts et al, 1999a, 1999b
• APAs reported at 9 months in infants sitting astride a knee a position that requires increased balance
Hofsten/Woollacott, 1989
• CNS can apparently accommodate for different postural tasks (long sit vs. short sit) as early as 9 months
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Development of APAs – In Sitting
• Anticipatory postural adjustments emerge as diffuse directionally specific patterns as early as 6 mo during sitting, reaching tasks
Van der Fitts et al, 1999a, 1999
• Variably present at 8 ‐ 9 month during reaching in long sit
Van der Fitts et al, 1999a, 1999
• APAs reported at 9 months in infants sitting astride a knee a position that requires increased balance
Hofsten/Woollacott, 1989
• It appears the CNS can accommodate for different postural tasks (long sit and short sit) as early as 9 months
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APAs – In Sitting
• Consistent APAs in sitting by 15 ‐ 18 monthsvan der Fits et al, 1998
• Muscle activity scales with loads when weighted bracelets are placed on the arms of sitting children
van der Fits, Hadders‐Algra et al, , 1998
Refined APAs in sit were correlated with onset of independent walking
APAs in infants with CP were not consistent in sitting by 18 months
van der Fits et al. 1998, 1999
Development of APAs – In Sitting
APAs consistently present in sit by 15 ‐18 months
Muscle activity scaled with load when weighted bracelets were placed in the wrists of the reaching children
APAs similar to adults in spatial features (dorso‐ventral ordering), temporal characteristics (top‐down recruitment), and position dependency
Refined APAs in sit were correlated with onset of independent walking
APAs in infants with CP were not consistent in sitting by 18 months
Van der Fits et al. 1998, 1999
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APAs in Standing
Direction specific APAs present as early as 13 months in infants and children with typical motor
development
Cocontraction is present before APAs emergeBarela and Jeka, 1999
Standing infants can scale APAs with loadsWitherington et al, 2002
Anticipatory COP displacements in children prior to standing reach tasks
Riach and Hayes, 1990
Development of APAs – In Standing
• Transition from reactive to anticipatory strategies to maintain standing balance seen in infants who have begun to master independent walking (@13.5 mo olds)
Barela et al. 1999
• APAs begin in stand ‐ 13 – 14 months
• Well developed by 16 – 17 months
Witherington et al 2002
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The Development of APAs in Infancy
Drawer Pull Paradigm
Design
• n= 34 infants
• Age: 10‐17 months
• Pulling a cabinet drawer open
• EMG collected from the gastrocnemius and biceps brachii
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APAs – In Standing
• Transition from reactive to anticipatory strategies to maintain standing balance seen in infants who have begun to master independent walking (@13.5 mo olds)
– Cocontraction is present before APAs emergeBarela et al. 1999
• APAs begin in stand ‐ 13 – 14 months
• Well developed by 16 – 17 months
• Scale with magnitude of loadWitherington et al 2002
Development of APAs in Older Children
Unilateral arm raising task in standing (visual stimulus)
• Children 4 – 14 years (n=32)
• Anticipatory changes in COP were present as early as 4 yrs.
• Both AP and lateral COP changes observed
• Younger children had longer reaction times and relied on lateral COP shifts during choice reaction time tasks
Raich and Hayes, 1990
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Summary of APA Development• Based on the literature, development of CPAs precedes
development of APAs at each developmental stage
• Theory that internal representation of body in space is necessary for APAs to emerge
Haas et al. 1989
• By age seven typically developing children demonstrate anticipatory mm activity and COP displacements similar to adults for bilateral, unilateral and reciprocal US movements– Direction specificity
– SequencingGirolami et al, 2010
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DELAYED DEVELOPMENT
of ANTICIPATORY
POSTURAL CONTROL
Impairments in the sensory
musculoskeletal & neurological
systems
Decreased awareness of
body and environment
Limited motor plans &
decreased variability of movement
Decreased exploration of
the environment
Poor or impaired
perception
Rely on only one sensory
system
Children with APA deficits
CP, Down syndrome, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, hypotonia, toe walkers, orthopedic conditions, DCD, sensory integration disorder, hearing impairment, autism spectrum disorders, learning disability, etc
Early APA Research
Belenkii, Gurfinkel, Pal’tsev 1967
Biceps FemorisContralateral
Deltoid
Biceps FemorisIpsilateral
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Primary Goals of APAs
• Counteract COM displacement associated with the forthcoming movement (Bouisset and Zattara. 1997)
• Counteract the effect of inertial forces on body segments and minimizing changes in body geometry (Pozzo et al. 2001)
• Accelerate the COM in the direction of motion (Stapley et al., 1999, Commisaris et al 2001)
APAs depend on:Direction of Perturbation/Mvt – Sagittal Plane
Erector Spinae
(ES)
Biceps Femoris
(BF)
Shiratori and Latash 1999; Girolami et al 2010
Rectus Abdominis(RA)
Rectus Femoris(RF)
Shoulder flexion Shoulder extension
APAs in children with CP: Shoulder Flexion
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Time (ms)
TD Hemi DI
Girolami et al 2011
APA depends on:
Direction of Perturbation/mvt (Children)
By age 7, typically developing children are able to generate directionally specific APAs
Girolami et al , 2010
Shoulder flex Shoulder ext
TASK: R shoulder flexion‐L shoulder extension
• Trunk: ~symmetrical APAs between R/L
• LE: asymmetrical APAs between R/L, especially in BF and SOL
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Shiratori and Aruin 2004
APAs depend on:Direction of Perturbation – Transverse Plane
Unilateral R Shoulder Flexion:
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Difference between TD and CP
• The pattern is present but the APA amplitude is smaller
• APA onset delay observed for some children with CP
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APAs depend on:
Magnitude of the Perturbation
Arm movement (Horak et al 1984, Lee et al 1987)
Movement speed
Inertial load
Loading (i.e., catching) (Lacquaniti and Maioli, 1990) Mass
Mass/height for catching
Unloading (i.e., dropping a bookbag) Aruin and Latash, 1995)
Mass
TASK: Catching loads of different masses
Dorsal LE/trunk muscle activity scales with mass
Arm muscle activity scales with mass
Shiratori and Latash, 2000
APAs depend on: Magnitude of perturbation--Catching
1.1 kg, 0.4 m
2.2 kg, 0.4 m
APA depends on:Magnitude of predicted perturbation -- Catching
1.1 kg, 0.1 m
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TASK: Catching 1.1 kg load released from different heights
Dorsal LE/trunk muscle activity scales with height
Arm muscle activity also scales with height
Loading Perturbation: CP
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APAs depend on:
Types of perturbation -- Unloading
TASK: release a 2.2 kg held in front of the body with quick shoulder abduction
Decrease in muscle activity in the dorsal muscles (ES and BF) prior to unloading
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Unloading Perturbation: CP
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APAs depend on:
Mechanical Stability
TASK: Pull on a handle while supported or unsupported at the shoulder
Unsupported: Prior to self initiated pull (biceps onset), gastroc and hamstrings activates
Supported: APAs decrease in Gastroc
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APA depends on:
Mechanical Instability
TASK: unilateral shoulder flexion while standing on unstable surface
APAs decrease on unstable condition
(Forrest et al 1998, Slijper and Latash 1999)
Same effect can be observed for load releases on tilt boards
(Gantchev & Dimitrova,1996)
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WHY?
APA depends on:
Perceptual Stability
TASK: Unilateral shoulder flexion while touching a surface with a finger or grasping onto a stable handle
APA decrease with perceptual and mechanical stable conditions
Modified from Slijper and Latash, 2000WHY?
APA depends on:
Fear of Falling (Perceptual Instability)
TASK: Rising onto toes at the edge/away from edge at different heights
Fear of falling decreases APAs and task performance
Adkin & Frank 2002
APA depends on:
Effective body weight-- Immersion in Water
TASK: Pull or push while standing in different levels of water
↓ body weight ↓s APA activity
Dietz & Columbo, 1995
Biceps brachii
Gastroc-nemius
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APAs modulate with: Direction of arm movement/ Direction of
perturbation Sagittal Transverse (Frontal and Mix)
Magnitude of the perturbation Speed/inertial load
Loading and unloading perturbation
Stability Mechanically unstable to stable Perceptually unstable or stable
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Tasks/ Parameters for Designing Exercises
Direction of arm movement/ Direction of perturbation Sagittal Transverse (Frontal and Mix)
Magnitude of the perturbation Speed/inertial load
Loading and unloading perturbation
Effective body weight Water immersion Use of harness Temporary increase in weight
Stability Mechanically unstable to stable Perceptually unstable or stable
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APAs in Children with CPWhat do we know? Decreased adaptability to task demands
Tomita et al, 2011
Decreased ability to generate mm activity during APAs
Girolami, Shiratori, Aruin, 2011; Tomita et al, 2010
Different postural strategy (mm co-contraction) when generating APAs
Girolami et al, 2011; Tomita et al, 2010
Changes in timing of muscle activity
Girolami et al, 2011Girolami & Shiratori CSM 2013
Hypothesis
APAs decrease in PTs with postural control difficulties because
Incorrect estimation and generation of APAs can increase instability Anson and Latash 1996
increase reliance on CPAs and less on APAs Toussaint et al., 1998
APAs are modulated with limits of stability Manista and Ahmed 2012
PTs with postural deficits likely have smaller limits of stability
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APA and Learning
Novice versus expert dancers Mouchinino et al, 1992
Learning to generate APAs for novel tasks in healthy adults
Ahmed and Wolpert 2009, Manista and Ahmed 2012
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Assessment Options
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Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo)
Butler, Saavedra et al. Pediatr PhysTher. 2010; 22(3): 246–257.
Test form and directions for administration:http://www.bestest.us/files/4413/6358/0759/BESTest.pdf
Mini Bestest: http://www.bestest.us/files/7413/6380/7277/MiniBEST_revised_final_3_8_13.pdf
BESTest (Horak et al 2009)
Model summarizing systems underlying postural control make up the sections of the Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest)
Horak et al. Phys Ther. 2009 May; 89(5): 484–498
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