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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

A Home-Based Balance Exercise Training Program with Intermittent Visual Deprivation for Persons with Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study on Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Outcomes.

Riccardo Bravi, Sara Guarducci, Giulia Panconi, Magdalena Sicher, Lorenzo Mucchi, Giacomo Lucchesi, Gabriele Righi, Giulio Del Popolo, Diego Minciacchi

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Riccardo BraviDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Affiliation, Physiological Sciences Section, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 63, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Sara GuarducciDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Florence, Via Di S. Marta 3, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Giulia PanconiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Affiliation, Physiological Sciences Section, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 63, 50134 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6426-4908
Magdalena SicherDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Affiliation, Physiological Sciences Section, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 63, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Lorenzo MucchiDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Florence, Via Di S. Marta 3, 50139 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6389-0221
Giacomo LucchesiSpinal Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Largo Piero Palagi 1, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Gabriele RighiSpinal Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Largo Piero Palagi 1, 50139 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6655-9518
Giulio Del PopoloSpinal Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Largo Piero Palagi 1, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Diego MinciacchiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Affiliation, Physiological Sciences Section, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 63, 50134 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3842-7611

Funding

ECRF foundation (Florence, Italy) under the SECTOR project grant NAEuropean Union's Horizon 2020 program No. 101017331
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Abstract

Incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) results in impaired postural control and walking ability. Visual over-reliance may occur in iSCI individuals to maintain postural control. This can challenge their postural stability in various contexts of daily life activities. The present study assessed the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes of balance training with intermittent visual deprivation using stroboscopic glasses on postural control and visual reliance during quiet standing in iSCI individuals. Training impact on walking performance was also evaluated. Seven chronic iSCI individuals participated in a 6-week home-based balance training program, three times weekly, using stroboscopic glasses. Postural and walking abilities were assessed pre- and post-training using a bipedal stance test (BST) and 10 m walking test (10 MWT). BST was performed, with open-eyes (OE) and closed-eyes (CE), on a force plate for three 30 s trials. The center of pressure (CoP) variables included were CoP area (A-CoP) and CoP mean velocity (MV-CoP). Romberg ratios (CE/OE) for two CoP variables were calculated. Duration and speed were measured in 10 MWT. Intervention feasibility was assessed using the feasibility and acceptability questionnaire. Data from able-bodied individuals were recorded and used as references of physiological performance. iSCI individuals were significantly less stable and showed visual over-reliance for postural steadiness compared to controls. Also, their walking ability was impaired. All iSCI individuals completed the training (adherence rate: 84%) and rated it highly feasible. A-CoP and MV-CoP significantly reduced after training in CE condition (

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Exercise TherapyPostural BalanceSpinal Cord InjuriesAdultFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsWalkingbalance traininggaitphysical exercisepostural controlstroboscopic eyewear

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PMID41157372
PMCPMC12567797

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