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Posturography

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Electronystagmography

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This is the clinical testing available to quantify postural control in the upright stance in the presence or absence of perturbations of conditions. Computerized dynamic posturography is a noninvasive assessment tool to quantify somatosensory, visual, and vestibular contributions to maintenance of posture and balance.

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During computerized posturography, balance is challenged with visual and support surface stimuli. The response to these challenges can assist in identifying the pathway that is dysfunctional. During static posturography, the subject stands in the upright posture on a force plate. Sensors on the plate and subject record small changes in position which are then downloaded to a computer. During the dynamic portion of evaluation, the computer causes the force plate to make horizontal and rotational perturbations and also provides visual simulation of movement. The addition of foam pads, both on and off force plates,...

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Further Readings

  • Blaszczyk, J. W. (2016). The use of force-plate posturography in the assessment of postural instability. Gait & Posture, 44, 1–6.

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  • Buster, T. W., Chernyavskiy, P., Harms, N. R., Kaste, E. G., & Burnfield, J. M. (2016). Computerized dynamic posturography detects balance deficits in individuals with a history of chronic severe traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 1–7.

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  • Cheng, Y., Chen, P., Hsieh, W., Cheen, J., & Kao, C. (2012). Correlation of the composite equilibrium score of computerized dynamic posturography and clinical balance tests. Journal of Clinical Gerontology and Geriatrics, 3, 77–81.

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  • Kaufman, K. R., Brey, R. H., Chou, L. S., Rabatin, A., Brown, A. W., & Basford, J. R. (2006). Comparison of subjective and objective measurements of balance disorders following traumatic brain injury. Medical Engineering & Physics, 28, 234–239.

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  1. Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA

    Christina Kwasnica

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  1. Christina Kwasnica
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

    Jeffrey S. Kreutzer

  2. Kessler Foundation, Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ, USA

    John DeLuca

  3. Independent Practice, Wynnewood, PA, USA

    Bruce Caplan

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Kwasnica, C. (2018). Posturography. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_63

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