static standing posture and quiet standing posture
English translation: static standing is the opposite of dynamic st., quiet st. is a basic form of it. Romberg st. or other variations exist.
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| 4 +4 | for reference: static standing posture |
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| 3 +1 | quite standing posture - standing posture in which body sways above the ankles like a pendulum. |
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peer agreement (net): +1quite standing posture - standing posture in which body sways above the ankles like a pendulum. Explanation: Here is a definition of quiet standig I found: The anterior compartment muscles(principally the tibialis anterior) are generally silent in quiet standing. Movement is assumed to occur only at the ankles and the body can therefore be considered as an inverted pendulum. No such luck, though, with static standing posture! The reference I checked to do refer to standing with eyes closed and measuring the balance of the body. The word "static standing posture" occurs in a quite unrelated context also: it is the English rendering of a Chinese traditonal martial arts term: zhan zhuang. But of course this has no relevance to the Romberg experiments that we are talking about. On the basis of these sketchy references, it is difficult to say whether static standing and quite standing are one and the same thing or not. I guess, we will have to wait till a physiotherapist steps in to bail us out. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 39 mins (2005-05-13 15:34:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I am so sorry, i didn\'t think the web urls would be useful, for I couldn\'t make any headway with them, they were so jargonised. But here they are anyway: http://www.vard.org/jour/01/38/5/wibow385.htm http://www.vnh.org/FSManual/07/05Vertigo.html http://www.nursingceu.com/TCEU/courses/balance-t/index.htm -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 50 mins (2005-05-13 15:45:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://moon.ouhsc.edu/dthompso/namics/hipbmk.htm http://ejmas.com/pt/ptart_Jones_0601.htm http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:oO8PixyVxxgJ:www.physoc... |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4for reference: static standing posture Explanation: You are asking, if there is any difference between static and quiet standing posture. Balasubramaniam is answering about tha latter, so here is some explanation about the static posture. Romberg test, requiring static posture: The test consists of standing with your feet together and your eyes closed. The neurologist will often push you slightly to check whether you are able to compensate and regain your posture. He or she should also stand close by to catch you if you sway excessively or fall. Some people without neurological or balance problems have some problems maintaining a steady posture. A positive Romberg's sign indicates one or more of these problems: Vertigo or Vestibular Ataxia - problems with the balance organs in the inner ear or sensory feedback. These can be caused by problems in the inner ear itself problems in the cranial nerve supplying the ear (CN VIII) lesions in the Pons region of the brainstem where CN VIII arises damage to other central nervous system pathways which connect to the Pons Cerebellar Ataxia - this is dysfunction caused by damage to a brain region called the cerebellum or to nervous pathways connecting to it. The cerebellum is responsible for assimilating sensory data, for example limb position and visual data, and co-ordinating movements resulting from that. Proprioceptive Dysfunction. Proprioceptive sensors are located in the muscles and joints and feedback positional data to the cerebellum. Damage anywhere along the pathway from the proprioceptive sensors to the cerebellum can give rise to cerebellar ataxia. By eliminating visual feedback, the Romberg Test can detect dysfunction in other pathways to and from the cerebellum. The Romberg Test is a non-specific test of neurological or inner ear dysfunction and is not indicative of a specific condition. It is usually combined with other tests including finger-to-nose tests. Vertigo, vestibular and cerebellar ataxia and proprioceptive dysfunction are all relatively commonly seen in multiple sclerosis. Failure to compensate in a particular direction is indicative of damage on a particular side of the central nervous system. http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/RombergTest.html -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs 6 mins (2005-05-13 18:01:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- It seems, that they use the expression \"static standing\" often as opposed to \"dynamic standing\", and I found a reference to show, that \"quiet standing\" is really a basic type of static standing: \"Age-induced modifications of static postural control in humans. We examined how young and older adults adapt their posture to static balance tasks of increasing difficulty. Participants stood barefoot on a force platform in normal quiet, Romberg-sharpened and one-legged stance.\" http://www.arclab.org/medlineupdates/abstract_14550913.html |
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