Leonardo Vidal Andreato1, Daniel Vicentini de Oliveira2, Bruno Follmer3, Sônia Maria Marques Gomes Bertolini4. 1. Sport and Exercise Psychology Laboratory (LAPE), State University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil. 2. Metropolitan University Center of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil. 3. Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 4. Post-Graduation Program in Health Promotion, University Center of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To perform a systematic review on the influence of age and overweight-or obesity-on foot sensitivity, as well as its relationship with balance and postural control. METHODS: Publications in the following databases were searched up to December 2018: Cochrane Library, PubMed, Scopus, SPORTDiscus and Web of Science. Both randomised controlled and non-randomised trials, plus cross-sectional studies that evaluated foot sensitivity and balance in adults and/or older people, were investigated. RESULTS: A total of 152 studies were found, 14 studies were included and 506 people of both sexes were involved in the included studies. CONCLUSIONS: Increased age represented a detrimental effect on foot sensitivity. Most studies showed that decreased foot sensitivity was related to worse balance and/or postural stability. Overweight or obesity was associated with plantar sensitivity, with lower sensitivity and decreased postural stability observed in obese people.
OBJECTIVE: To perform a systematic review on the influence of age and overweight-or obesity-on foot sensitivity, as well as its relationship with balance and postural control. METHODS: Publications in the following databases were searched up to December 2018: Cochrane Library, PubMed, Scopus, SPORTDiscus and Web of Science. Both randomised controlled and non-randomised trials, plus cross-sectional studies that evaluated foot sensitivity and balance in adults and/or older people, were investigated. RESULTS: A total of 152 studies were found, 14 studies were included and 506 people of both sexes were involved in the included studies. CONCLUSIONS: Increased age represented a detrimental effect on foot sensitivity. Most studies showed that decreased foot sensitivity was related to worse balance and/or postural stability. Overweight or obesity was associated with plantar sensitivity, with lower sensitivity and decreased postural stability observed in obese people.
Authors: Stephanie Schmidle; Alexandra Charlotte de Crignis; Manuela Stürzer; Joachim Hermsdörfer; Klaus Jahn; Carmen Krewer Journal: J Neurol Date: 2022-05-09 Impact factor: 4.849