Disciplina de Otorrinolaringologia, Cabeça e Pescoço, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP - Campinas (SP), Brasil.
Codas. 2021 Jan 15;32(6):e20190118. doi: 10.1590/2317-1782/20202019118. eCollection 2021.
To propose a normalization model of a posturography platform in adults without changes in body balance, through descriptive analysis by age group and sex.
Cross-sectional observational study. Adults, with no changes in body balance and no vestibular complaints were submitted to 6 sensory conditions on the Horus® posturography platform. The following variables were analyzed: stability limit area and confidence ellipse area, trajectory length and average velocity for each condition tested. The variables were analyzed by age group and sex. The equilibrium score, the sensory integration test and the equilibrium index were calculated on the conditions.
Sixty-one subjects (38.3%) and 23 (37.7%) were male, 40 (65.57%) between the ages of 20 and 40 and 21 (34.43). %) between 41 and 59 years. The area of the stability limit and pressure center variables for 6 sensory conditions tested - confidence ellipse area, trajectory length, total mean velocity and confidence ellipse ratio by the area of the stability limit were described. There was a statistically significant difference in the comparison between the area of the stability limit between sexes and between age groups, being a higher value in males and in younger patients. Regarding the analysis of the variables by each condition, there was no difference of results between the sexes and age groups.
Subjects of different sexes and age groups should be considered separately only in the analysis of the stability limit.
通过按年龄组和性别进行描述性分析，提出一种成年人在不改变身体平衡的情况下的平衡测试平台的归一化模型。
这是一项横断面观察性研究。将无身体平衡改变且无前庭主诉的成年人置于 Horus®平衡测试平台上的 6 种感觉条件下。分析以下变量：稳定性极限面积和置信椭圆面积、轨迹长度和每种测试条件的平均速度。按年龄组和性别分析这些变量。对各条件进行平衡得分、感觉整合测试和平衡指数计算。
61 名受试者（38.3%）和 23 名（37.7%）为男性，40 名（65.57%）年龄在 20 至 40 岁之间，21 名（34.43%）年龄在 41 至 59 岁之间。描述了 6 种感觉条件下的稳定性极限和压力中心变量的稳定性极限面积和置信椭圆面积、轨迹长度、总平均速度和稳定性极限面积的置信椭圆面积比。在性别和年龄组之间的稳定性极限面积比较中存在统计学差异，男性和年轻患者的数值较高。关于各条件下的变量分析，性别和年龄组之间的结果没有差异。
只有在分析稳定性极限时，才应分别考虑不同性别和年龄组的受试者。
