Open AccessAging and the Relationship between Balance Performance, Vestibular Function and Somatosensory Thresholds
Author(s) -
Charlotte Johnson,
Ann Hallemans,
Evi Verbecque,
Charlotte De Vestel,
Nolan Herssens,
Luc Vereeck
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of international advanced otology/the journal of international advanced otology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2148-3817
pISSN - 1308-7649
DOI - 10.5152/iao.2020.8287
Subject(s) - vestibular system , medicine , balance (ability) , somatosensory system , physical medicine and rehabilitation , balance problems , audiology , dynamic balance , asymptomatic , balance test , surgery , physics , quantum mechanics , psychiatry
The objective of this study was two-fold: (1) To evaluate the impact of the physiological aging process on somatosensory, vestibular, and balance functions, and (2) To examine the extent to which age and somatosensory and vestibular functions can predict balance performance.