Pierchała Katarzyna, Lachowska Magdalena, Morawski Krzysztof, Niemczyk Kazimierz
Klinika Otolaryngologii Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego, Poland.
Otolaryngol Pol. 2012 Jul-Aug;66(4):274-9. doi: 10.1016/j.otpol.2012.05.005. Epub 2012 May 7.
The goal of this study was to examine healthy young, mature, old and elderly using Computerized Dynamic Posturography (Smart EquiTest, Neurocom Int,), to collect their data and assess if balance differs significantly with age. Subjects were divided into four age groups: 20-30, 40-50, 60-69, 70-80 years. Their dynamic balance was tested using Sensory Organization Test under various sensory conditions and the data from this test were evaluated. Our data show that overall equilibrium score and strategy score differ significantly mainly between young and mature versus old and elderly individuals, but in some SOT conditions, significant differences are present within both younger between both older age groups. It means, that balance performance declines not only between young and elderly, but also from decade to decade. Analysis of our data also suggests, that balance performance depends on multiple factors and age is probably only one of them.
本研究的目的是使用计算机动态姿势描记法（Smart EquiTest，Neurocom Int公司）对健康的年轻人、中年人、老年人和高龄老人进行检查，收集他们的数据，并评估平衡能力是否随年龄显著不同。受试者被分为四个年龄组：20 - 30岁、40 - 50岁、60 - 69岁、70 - 80岁。在各种感觉条件下，使用感觉统合测试对他们的动态平衡能力进行测试，并对该测试的数据进行评估。我们的数据表明，总体平衡得分和策略得分主要在年轻人和中年人之间与老年人和高龄老人之间存在显著差异，但在某些感觉统合测试条件下，较年轻年龄组之间以及较年长年龄组之间也存在显著差异。这意味着，平衡能力不仅在年轻人和老年人之间下降，而且在每十年之间也会下降。对我们数据的分析还表明，平衡能力取决于多个因素，年龄可能只是其中之一。
