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The old old had worse quantitative equilibrium scores compared with subjects younger than 80 years when proprioceptive input was inaccurate and visual input was either preserved or completely absent.Old old subjects showed diminished adaptation to repeated platform rotations and fell more frequently during posturography.Quantitative balance measures correlated with age and functional measures of balance(Tinetti Balance Scale score,timed 1 leg standing).Progressive,functionally evident,age- related quantitative balance changes occur independent of typical geriatric pathological changes.These data should facilitate clinical decisions by allowing the distinction to be made between age-related and pathological changes. |
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