Development for static and dynamic balance test of elderly persons
Description: This study aimed to verify age-dependent change of balance abilities by newly developing a compact instrument that can to measure static and dynamic balance abilities, under cooperation of 358 male and female persons from 18 to 84 years old. The newly developed instrument recorded the COP (Center Of Pressure) body sway at horizontal state (stable) and angle fluctuation (with disturbance), and chronologically recorded times and duration of deviation from the surface of a supporting substrate. By this instrument, we succeeded to grasp the age-dependent change of balance abilities. Conventionally, such kind of instrument has been large and difficult to carry and can be used only in limited institutions. Because the newly developed instrument is compact, measurement of the static and dynamic balance ability is able to be carried out in various places. In the future, we plan to introduce this measuring instrument as one tool of the fall risk assessments for the elderly.
Amount: ¥6,240,000
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
Start date: 2017-06-30
End date: 2020-03-31
Investigator: Yoshimasa Matsuura
Institution: Osaka Prefecture University
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Funded outputs count: 2
Funder award ID: 17K19832
OpenAlex ID: G4604494166