On the functional aspects of variability in postural control

Richard E.A. Van Emmerik; Erwin E.H. Van Wegen

doi:10.1097/00003677-200210000-00007

On the functional aspects of variability in postural control

Richard E.A. Van Emmerik^*, Erwin E.H. Van Wegen

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Human Movement Sciences

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Abstract

Current research in nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory has challenged traditional perspectives that associate high variability with performance decrement and pathology. It is argued that variability can play a functional role in postural control and that reduction of variability is associated with changes in balance with aging and neurological disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	177-183
Number of pages	7
Journal	Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
Volume	30
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00003677-200210000-00007
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2002

Keywords

Aging
Complexity
Parkinson's disease
Postural stability
Variability

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