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Advances in the Study of Anticipatory Postural Adjustments
Three of the five articles in this Special Issue address APAs in the context of disease or injury.
Advances in the Study of Anticipatory Postural Adjustments
Three of the five articles in this Special Issue address APAs in the context of disease or injury. This will likely remain a research focus in the future as we attempt to fully ascertain the cause and treatment of specific health conditions related to postural control.
It was noteworthy that all five articles in this Special Issue focused on APAs occurring during self-induced perturbations to posture and stability. Absent were any articles on APAs in externally induced perturbations to posture and stability, such as those that might occur when catching an object or when being bumped into on a crowded sidewalk. Indeed, APAs in externally induced perturbations appear to be less well studied and thus represent a potentially fruitful area of research. Other potentially productive avenues of research include:
-The trainability/adaptability of APAs
-How APAs respond to unpredictable perturbation loads
-New methods for collecting and analyzing APA information (e.g., wearable devices)
-Longitudinal studies to learn if changes in APAs might be predictive of falls or disease
-The pharmacological effects on APAs
-The influence of prostheses usage on APAs
Brain Sciences, https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14121219