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- The study aimed to explore how gaze stabilization exercises affect the sensory reweighting of the vestibular system for maintaining balance while standing upright.
- Twenty-three healthy participants were tested for their balance by measuring the center of pressure before, immediately after, and 10 minutes after performing gaze stabilization exercises under different conditions (with eyes open/closed and on different surfaces).
- Results showed significant improvement in balance after the exercises, indicating that gaze stabilization enhances the vestibular system’s role in postural control, suggesting it could be beneficial for rehabilitation strategies focused on balance.
Article Abstract
[Purpose] The aim of this study was to investigate whether gaze stabilization exercise derives sensory reweighting of vestibular for upright postural control. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-three healthy volunteers participated in this study. The center of pressure of the total trajectory length was measured before (pre), immediately after (post), and 10 min after (post10) gaze stabilization exercise, in the static standing position, with the eyes open or closed, on the floor or on foam rubber. The sensory contribution values of the visual, somatosensory, and vestibular systems were calculated using center of pressure of the total trajectory length value in these measuring conditions. [Results] The center of pressure of the total trajectory length on foam rubber in post and post10 were significantly lower than that in the pre. The sensory contribution values of vestibular in post10 stages were significantly higher than that in pre-stage. [Conclusion] Gaze stabilization exercise can improve the static body balance in a condition that particularly requires vestibular function. The possible mechanism involves increasing sensory contribution of the vestibular system for postural control by the gaze stabilization exercise, which may be useful to derive sensory reweighting of the vestibular system for rehabilitation.
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