Aging and Postural Control
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Injury from falls in older adults, Motor control, Postural control, Sensory systems and age, Stability in older adultsAbstract
Several researchers believe that the factors that contribute to aging can be primary (genetics) or also secondary (exercise, nutrition, injuries and pathological disorders. It is for this reason that elder adults manifest alterations in reactive control, together with delays in different responses. They, therefore, require even more time to restore their balance. There is also a delay in the activation of postural responses in the control of proactive balance, which produces greater instability to carry out activities of daily living (getting up, climbing and lower steps, etc.) Several systems that are included within balance, postural control and motor control are affected as the years go by, as well as the same muscular hypotrophy that begins from the age of 30 if it is that the individual is sedentary, as well as type I muscle fibers (slow oxidative, used in activities such as postural control), that according to several studies demonstrated there is a loss of this type of muscle fibers related to age in a specific way. All this result leading to reduced balance control in older adults with symptoms of imbalance and also a history of falls.
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