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Published in: BMC Neurology 1/2023

Open Access 01-12-2023 | Parkinson's Disease | Research

Correlation of balance posturographic parameters during quiet standing with the berg balance scale in patients with parkinson’s disease

Authors: Wei Bao, Yuyan Tan, Ying Yang, Kai Chen, Jun Liu

Published in: BMC Neurology | Issue 1/2023

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Abstract

Background

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is often clinically associated with posture instability and more easily falling. The Berg balance scale is a clinical indicator commonly used to subjectively evaluate a patient’s balance ability. Meanwhile, computerized force platforms have been used in research on postural control. The various parameters obtained from posturography are interpreted to assess balance ability. The present study aims to explore the correlations between posturographic variables and the BBS, and furthermore to efficiently evaluate postural instability and fall risk of early and moderate PD patients.

Methods

A total of 46 PD patients were involved in the experiment. Patients were asked to perform BBS tests and force platform tests under eye open (EO) and eye closed (EC) conditions. The recorded COP signal was analyzed with the time domain statistical method, the frequency domain method of Power Spectral Density (PSD), and structural methods of Stabilogram Diffusion Analysis (SDA), Sway Density Plot (SDP) to retrieve different posturographic variables. The correlation between posturographic variables under EO and EC conditions with BBS was compared statistically. The significantly correlated posturographic parameters were then applied to analyze posturographic differences between different groups: faller vs. non-faller (patients with/without a history of falls in the past 12 months).

Results

Among the different posturographic parameters, the prediction ellipse area, the slope of the regression line at a high-frequency band of PSD in the medial-lateral (ML) direction, the crossover point of the regression lines of SDA in the anterior-posterior (AP) direction, and the distance between successive peaks of SDP had significant correlations with BBS. These selected BBS-related parameters also showed significant differences between faller and non-faller. The selected posturographic parameters can be used as effective indicators to evaluate the balance ability of Parkinson’s disease patients.
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Metadata
Title
Correlation of balance posturographic parameters during quiet standing with the berg balance scale in patients with parkinson’s disease
Authors
Wei Bao
Yuyan Tan
Ying Yang
Kai Chen
Jun Liu
Publication date
01-12-2023
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Neurology / Issue 1/2023
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2377
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-023-03386-1

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