The instrumental evaluation of standing postural control by posturographic analysis supplements the clinical evaluation and, as such, is recommended by the French National Authority for Health (HAS 2007). The quantitative data obtained after a standardized postural examination appear relevant for the longitudinal follow-up of neuromuscular patients and hemiparetic patients. Neuro muscular (NM) diseases are progressive, these instrumental evaluations can highlight a deterioration or stabilization of postural control possibly not observable with the scores on clinical scales. The K-Force Plates, recently developed appear to be an interesting alternative to the stabilometry platforms currently used. Static and dynamic conditions in upright position are tested. Moreover, posturologic, kinematics data and clinical scores are correlated to increase understanding of strategies during postural control tasks in patients with stroke and in patients with NM disorders.
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Evaluate the concurrent validity of K-Force Plates (K-Invent) force platforms in comparison with reference platforms (AMTI) for posturological examination in static and dynamic conditions of MNM subjects (CMT), hemiparetic subjects and healthy subjects.
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