EFFECT OF THE VISION OCLUSION ON DYNAMIC BALLANCE ON UNSTABLE PLATAFORM

Authors

  • Cristiane Regina Coelho Candido
  • Flávio Júnior Guidotti
  • Bruno Secco Faquin Faquin
  • Alessandra Beggiato Porto
  • Victor Hugo Alves Okazaki

Keywords:

Postural control, sensorial information, instability.

Abstract

The present study analyzed the effect of the visual occlusion on balance on an unstable platform. Fourteen young adults participated on the study aging between 19 and 28 years old. The task consisted on the maintenance of the balance on an unstable platform during ten seconds. The experiment was performed under conditions with and without vision. The t Student test for dependent samples showed lower balance time (P<0,05) under the without vision  condition (M=5,37 s; SD=0,56) in comparison to the vision condition (M=6,90 s; SD=0,50). It was also verified great number of imbalances (P<0,05) in the condition without vision (M=13,00; SD=1,56) in comparison to the vision condition (M=11,05 s; SD=2,11). Therefore, visual occlusion leaded to a decline on balance suggesting that vision also acts as a proprioceptive system of reference that helps the postural control. The dominant characteristic of the sensorial information is dynamic, task-dependent, and dependent of the sensorial information available.

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EFFECT OF THE VISION OCLUSION ON DYNAMIC BALLANCE ON UNSTABLE PLATAFORM. (2012). Fiep Bulletin - Online, 82(2). https://ojs.fiepbulletin.net/fiepbulletin/article/view/2386