Les mécanismes du maintien de la posture debout : rôle des muscles antigravitaires et conséquence en pathologie
Samir Boudrahem
Kinésithér Scient 2013,541:59 - 10/04/2013
Standing balance is a fundamental pre-requisite for more complex motor activities. Our postural system has the capacity to resist extrinsic perturbations that threaten our centre of gravity via the production of balance reactions.Postural performance is optimal when all of the different elements of the postural system are intact. If not, stabilization and orientation which are the two main functions of the postural system are perturbed. This is the case, for example in patients with hemiplegia. We can observe: 1) asymmetrical weight-bearing (less weight on the hemiplegic side), 2) larger amplitudes of oscillations of the plantar centre of pressure, particularly in the medio-lateral direction and 3) the limits of stability of the plantar center of pressure are reduced.