Postural Control during Progressively Increased Balance-Task Difficulty in Athletes with Unilateral Transfemoral Amputation: Effect of Ocular Mobility and Visuomotor Processing
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Postural Control Evaluation
2.2. Oculomotor Mobility Evaluation
2.3. Visuomotor Processing Evaluation
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Effects on OSI
3.2. Effects on API
3.3. Effects on MLI
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Parameters | Static Postural Control | Postural Control during Decreasing Platform Stability at Levels 8 to 4 | Postural Control during Platform Stability at Level 4 | ||||||
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OSI_1 (°) | API_1 (°) | MLI_1 (°) | OSI_2 (°) | API_2 (°) | MLI_2 (°) | OSI_3 (°) | API_3 (°) | MLI_3 (°) | |
Oculomotor Function | |||||||||
Saccade acceleration (°/s2) | 0.281 | 0.310 | 0.224 | −0.059 | −0.083 | −0.011 | −0.031 | 0.076 | −0.132 |
Saccade velocity (°/s) | 0.303 | 0.337 | 0.261 | −0.046 | −0.098 | −0.077 | −0.007 | −0.053 | −0.125 |
OMI (%) | 0.064 | −0.028 | 0.107 | −0.656 * | −0.624 * | −0.549 | −0.587 | −0.648 * | −0.427 |
Simple Reaction Time Test | |||||||||
Reaction time (ms) | 0.234 | 0.216 | 0.224 | 0.384 | 0.271 | 0.416 | 0.193 | 0.230 | 0.124 |
Motor time (ms) | 0.230 | 0.260 | 0.231 | 0.427 | 0.243 | 0.607* | 0.310 | 0.206 | 0.344 |
Speed of eye-hand reaction (ms) | 0.363 | 0.268 | 0.258 | 0.457 | 0.295 | 0.571 | 0.280 | 0.248 | 0.256 |
Choice Reaction Time Test | |||||||||
Reaction time (ms) | 0.190 | 0.145 | 0.195 | 0.183 | 0.104 | 0.265 | 0.154 | 0.039 | 0.220 |
Motor time (ms) | 0.209 | 0.197 | 0.183 | 0.514 | 0.373 | 0.519 | 0.260 | 0.202 | 0.274 |
Speed of eye-hand reaction (ms) | 0.204 | 0.168 | 0.198 | 0.308 | 0.204 | 0.365 | 0.198 | 0.100 | 0.247 |
Peripheral Perception Test | |||||||||
Visual field(°) | −0.232 | −0.189 | −0.234 | 0.313 | 0.182 | 0.302 | −0.156 | −0.042 | −0.233 |
Speed of eye-foot reaction (ms) | 0.214 | 0.196 | 0.222 | 0.683 * | 0.691 * | 0.478 | 0.621* | 0.544 | 0.634 * |
Tracking deviation (pixels) | −0.088 | −0.039 | −0.156 | 0.032 | 0.021 | −0.043 | −0.119 | −0.097 | −0.181 |
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Zwierko, M.; Lesiakowski, P.; Zwierko, T. Postural Control during Progressively Increased Balance-Task Difficulty in Athletes with Unilateral Transfemoral Amputation: Effect of Ocular Mobility and Visuomotor Processing. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 6242. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176242
Zwierko M, Lesiakowski P, Zwierko T. Postural Control during Progressively Increased Balance-Task Difficulty in Athletes with Unilateral Transfemoral Amputation: Effect of Ocular Mobility and Visuomotor Processing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(17):6242. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176242
Chicago/Turabian StyleZwierko, Michał, Piotr Lesiakowski, and Teresa Zwierko. 2020. "Postural Control during Progressively Increased Balance-Task Difficulty in Athletes with Unilateral Transfemoral Amputation: Effect of Ocular Mobility and Visuomotor Processing" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 17: 6242. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176242