Visual feedback balance training
Visual feedback balance training has been studied in 3 papers since 2022: 3 trials in people. The newest paper, Mar 31, 2023: “Age-specific biomechanical challenges and engagement in dynamic balance training with robotic or virtual real-time visual feedback”.
3 papers study it5 findingsUpdated
“altered movement control when older adults performed tilting trials with either robotic or virtual feedback compared to without feedback”
None of its findings points the other way.
- 2 independent labs in 1 country
- Funders: National Science Foundation and 1 more
- Human trial3
Studies in people
2 studies gave visual feedback balance training to people and measured what changed.
down: Decreases body motion
up: Increases ankle co-contraction
Trial20 people58-74 yearssingle balance training session
Midlife adults; Older adults; in older adults
Journal of biomechanics, Mar 31, 2023
down: Decreases postural sway velocity
down: Decreases postural sway angle
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), Apr 7, 2022
What did studies of Visual feedback balance training find?
4Studies of Visual feedback balance training measured 4 outcomes; the most studied are ankle co-contraction (1 study), body motion (1) and postural sway angle (1).
Ankle co-contraction
upin humans1
1 study
Ankle co-contraction
upin humans1
Visual feedback balance training increases ankle co-contraction in humans.
“Robotic and virtual real-time visual feedback elicited similar biomechanical adaptations in older adults, reducing motions to similar levels as younger adults and increasing ankle co-contractions (p<0.05).”
Human trialin older adultsn = 20
Journal of biomechanics
Body motion
downin humans1
1 study
Body motion
downin humans1
Visual feedback balance training decreases body motion in humans.
“Robotic and virtual real-time visual feedback elicited similar biomechanical adaptations in older adults, reducing motions to similar levels as younger adults”
Human trialin older adultsn = 20
Journal of biomechanics
Postural sway angle
downin humans1
1 study
Postural sway angle
downin humans1
Visual feedback balance training decreases postural sway angle in humans.
“As the number of trials with concurrent feedback increased, sway angle (Phi RMS, AP RMS, ML RMS, EA) decreased while mean velocity (MV) increased (see ).”
Human trial19 minn = 19
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Postural sway velocity
downin humans1
1 study
Postural sway velocity
downin humans1
Visual feedback balance training decreases postural sway velocity in humans.
“Ultimately, repeated practice with either type of feedback resulted in significant decreases in MV (with terminal yielding a greater decrease; p = 0.037, estimate −0.081, [−0.1593, −0.003]) and PL, while only terminal feedback resulted in significant decreases in RMS and EA.”
Human trial19 minn = 19
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
What is Visual feedback balance training linked with?
1Studies link Visual feedback balance training with 1 measure, most often movement control (1 study).
Movement control
mixedin humans1
1 study
Movement control
mixedin humans1
Visual feedback balance training is associated with movement control in humans.
“altered movement control when older adults performed tilting trials with either robotic or virtual feedback compared to without feedback”
Human trial
Balance Therapy With Hands-Free Mobile Robotic Feedback for At-Home Training Across the Lifespan
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society