Document Type : Full Research Paper

Authors

• Hamed Ghomashchi ¹
• Ali Esteki ²
• Ali Motie Nasrabadi ³

¹ PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering School, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University

² Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medicine School, Shahid Bebeshti University (Medical Campus)

³ Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Shahed University

Abstract

In this study, the underlying dynamics of postural control system during quiet standing were investigated. Single-subject (SS) analysis was used as the statistical technique to compare the results. Center of pressure (COP) trajectories of 21 trials of a standing healthy subject and 24 trials of a cerebrovascular attacked (CVA) patient were considered in our analysis. Complexity, dimensionality and stability of postural balance control system were evaluated using the first local minimum of auto mutual information (AMI) function, correlation dimension (Dc) and largest lyapunov exponent (LLE), respectively. The results indicated higher time delays (higher determinism), lower correlation dimension (lower active dynamical degrees of freedom) and lower LLE (increase of local stability) in the postural steadiness time series of the CVA patient in compare with the normal subject. The results showed that these measures not only can be used as pathologic measures to distinguish healthy subjects from CVA patient but also provide us new openings to disclose the postural control mechanism during a quiet standing. 

Keywords

• Postural control
• Center of pressure fluctuations
• Nonlinear dynamics
• Stroke
• Single subject analysis

Main Subjects

• Gait Analysis
• Biomechanical Motor Control / Motor Control of Human Movement
• Musculoskeletal Systems Modeling
• Rehabilitation Engineering