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Experimental Methods to Study Human Postural Control
Published on: September 11, 2019
Postural Control and Executive Functions in Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities: A Cross-Sectional Study
Eva Fernández-Baró1, Jesús Seco-Calvo2,3, María Mercedes Reguera-García4
1Asprona Bierzo, Ponferrada, Spain.
Objective:
The aim of the study was to compare the postural control of individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) according to their level of executive function, considering different visual and postural conditions and center of pressure (COP) measures.
Design:
A cross-sectional study.
Setting:
The participants were users of sheltered housing services and day centers.
Participants:
45 adults with ID.
Interventions:
Not Applicable.
Outcome Measures:
The data collected included COP measures under various visual and postural conditions, as well as executive function measures in tests of cognitive flexibility, working memory, and inhibitory control. The data were analyzed using mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA).
Results:
Differences in postural control were observed according to the level of executive function and between the closed-base, eyes-open condition (CBEO) and the open-base, eyes-open (OBEO) and open-base, eyes-closed (OBEC) conditions (p < 0.01; η2 p > 0.14).
Conclusion:
Individuals with ID who exhibited lower executive function performance showed larger anteroposterior and mediolateral displacements, as well as increased COP area and velocity.
