Plantar detection thresholds

Plantar detection thresholds are associated with postural sway in humans.

“increases in postural sway amplitude and frequency were significantly correlated with increases in plantar detection thresholds.”

Humansquiet standing without vision

Losing touch: age-related changes in plantar skin sensitivity, lower limb cutaneous reflex strength, and postural stability in older adults

Journal of neurophysiology·Aug 3, 2016