Characteristics of Body Excursion during a Static Upright Posture in Elderly People with Central Nervous System Disorders and with other Disorders from the Viewpoint of Body-Excursion Parameters

Abstract

This study aimed to compare characteristics of body excursion of healthy elderly and elderly people with disorders. The participants were 38 healthy elderly who were at home (Healthy Elderly group) and 24 elderly people with disorders. The latter consisted of two groups: 12 in the Central Nervous System Disorders group with vestibular organ or central nervous system disorders, and 12 in the Other Disorders group with other system disorders. 34 parameters were selected from six domains: distance, distribution of amplitude, area, velocity, power spectrum, and vector. When compared with the Healthy Elderly group, the Central Nervous System Disorders group was judged abnormal on many parameters and showed large and quick body excursion characteristics, particularly in left-right excursion. The Other Disorders group showed different characteristics in the size of the left-right excursion and velocity of the front–back excursion. However, compared with the Central Nervous System Disorders group, very few people in the Other Disorders group were judged abnormal, and they showed slower velocity for front–back excursion.

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