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Area of Science:

  • Human movement science
  • Neuroscience
  • Biomechanics

Background:

  • Postural control relies on sensory integration, including visual, vestibular, and somatosensory inputs.
  • Reduced support surfaces challenge postural stability, potentially altering sensory reliance.
  • Visual search tasks require visual attention, which may compete with or complement postural control demands.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of a reduced support surface on postural control during visual search.
  • To determine if individuals increase reliance on visual information for balance when visual search is performed on unstable surfaces.
  • To examine the interplay between support surface, imposed motion, and visual search on postural sway and head-body coordination.

Main Methods:

  • Twelve healthy adults stood on a reduced support surface (45% base of support) within a motion system.
  • Participants performed a visual search task (identifying a letter in an article) while the room moved anteroposteriorly.
  • Measurements included postural sway variability and head-room coupling, comparing fixed versus hand-held visual targets.

Main Results:

  • Head-room coupling, a measure of head-trunk coordination, increased when participants stood on the reduced support surface during visual search, supporting greater visual reliance.
  • Postural sway variability did not significantly change, indicating that overall body stability was maintained.
  • Searching for a target on a hand-held device, compared to a fixed one, resulted in greater head-room coupling on the reduced support surface.

Conclusions:

  • Visual information plays a crucial role in maintaining postural control, especially when standing on unstable surfaces during demanding visual tasks.
  • Head-trunk coordination is a sensitive indicator of visual reliance for balance, more so than overall postural sway, under these conditions.
  • Future research should explore the neural mechanisms underlying altered sensory weighting during dual-tasking involving balance and visual attention.