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@ARTICLE{Herold:139025,
author = {Herold, Fabian and Orlowski, Katja and Börmel, Sabrina and
Müller, Notger G},
title = {{C}ortical activation during balancing on a balance board.},
journal = {Human movement science},
volume = {51},
issn = {0167-9457},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier Science},
reportid = {DZNE-2020-05347},
pages = {51-58},
year = {2017},
abstract = {Keeping one's balance is a complex motor task which
requires the integration and processing of different sensory
information. For this, higher cortical processes are
essential. However, in the past research dedicated to the
brain's involvement in balance control has predominantly
used virtual reality paradigms whilst little is known about
cortical activation during the challenging balancing on
unstable surfaces (e.g. balance board). Hence, the main goal
of this study was the simultaneous evaluation of cortical
activation patterns and sway parameters during balancing on
a balance board.Ten healthy adults were instructed to
balance on a balance board while brain activation in
supplementary motor area (SMA), precentral gyrus (PrG) and
postcentral gyrus (PoG) was measured with functional
near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Additionally, sway
parameters were simultaneously recorded with one inertial
sensor.Enhanced activation of SMA, PrG and PoG was observed
when balancing was compared with still standing.
Furthermore, the sway of pelvis (indicated by root mean
square) increased in medio-lateral (ML) and
anterior-posterior (AP) direction during the balance
condition. Notably, a strong negative correlation was found
between SMA activation and sway in ML direction during
balancing, which was not observed during standing.Our
results underline the important role of sensorimotor
cortical areas for balance control. Moreover, the observed
correlations suggest a crucial involvement of SMA in online
control of sway in ML direction. Further research is needed
to understand the contribution of other cortical and
subcortcial areas to online balance control.},
keywords = {Adult / Biomechanical Phenomena: physiology / Brain Mapping
/ Cerebral Cortex: physiology / Female / Hemoglobins:
metabolism / Humans / Male / Middle Aged / Oxyhemoglobins:
metabolism / Postural Balance: physiology / Spectroscopy,
Near-Infrared / Young Adult / Hemoglobins (NLM Chemicals) /
Oxyhemoglobins (NLM Chemicals) / deoxyhemoglobin (NLM
Chemicals)},
cin = {AG Müller},
ddc = {796},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1310003},
pnm = {344 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF3-344)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-344},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:27846398},
doi = {10.1016/j.humov.2016.11.002},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/139025},
}