Do visually impaired people have a static balance as effective as sighted people?

Background: Neuroplastic compensations are reported to improve static balance in visually impaired people (VIP).

Objective: To compare the static balance of VIP with control sighted subjects in different conditions of proprioceptive disturbance.

Methods: Thanks to a stabilometric platform, static balance was determined by measuring (1) the speed of displacement of the center of pressure of the subjects and (2) its total surface.