PMID- 30165286
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190322
LR  - 20190322
IS  - 1879-2219 (Electronic)
IS  - 0966-6362 (Linking)
VI  - 66
DP  - 2018 Oct
TI  - Immediate effects of wearing knee length socks differing in compression level on 
      postural regulation in community-dwelling, healthy, elderly men and women.
PG  - 63-69
LID - S0966-6362(18)30516-2 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.08.011 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Stimulation of lower limbs' cutaneous receptors and mechanoreceptors 
      through compression garments could potentially increase somatosensory system 
      efficiency and aid postural regulation in elderly individuals. RESEARCH QUESTION: 
      This study examined immediate effects of wearing knee length socks (KLS) of 
      various compression levels on somatosensory function in community-dwelling 
      healthy elderly men and women during a double-limb standing, balancing task. 
      METHODS: A total of forty-six elderly participants (Male = 23), aged between 65 
      and 84 years old, randomly selected from the Singapore community-dwelling, 
      healthy population. Three treatment interventions (wearing clinical compression 
      socks; wearing non-clinical compression socks; wearing commercial socks) and one 
      control condition (barefoot), in a counterbalanced order, were administered to 
      participants while they performed a 30-s Romberg test, with four levels of 
      performance difficulty: (1) standing on a stable surface with vision (SO); (2) a 
      stable surface without vision (SC); (3) a foam surface with vision (FO); and (4), 
      a foam surface without vision (FC). RESULTS: Results showed that immediate 
      effects of applying KLS of various compression levels significantly reduced sway 
      area, trace length, velocity, and anterior-posterior (AP) sway as compared to 
      barefoot condition (control) during the FO task condition. SIGNIFICANCE: This 
      finding indicates the positive immediate effects of garments on somatosensory 
      system function and postural regulation in the elderly men and women, especially 
      when standing on the unstable surface. Wearing compression KLS could be included 
      as a viable intervention on top of other forms of balance training to reduce risk 
      of falling in elderly people.
CI  - Crown Copyright (c) 2018. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Woo, Mei Teng
AU  - Woo MT
AD  - Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, 
      Finland; School of Sports, Health and Leisure, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore. 
      Electronic address: woo_mei_teng@rp.edu.sg.
FAU - Davids, Keith
AU  - Davids K
AD  - Centre for Sports Engineering Research, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, 
      United Kingdom.
FAU - Liukkonen, Jarmo
AU  - Liukkonen J
AD  - Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, 
      Finland.
FAU - Chow, Jia Yi
AU  - Chow JY
AD  - Physical Education and Sports Science, National Institute of Education, Nanyang 
      Technological University, Singapore.
FAU - Jaakkola, Timo
AU  - Jaakkola T
AD  - Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, 
      Finland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20180816
PL  - England
TA  - Gait Posture
JT  - Gait & posture
JID - 9416830
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidental Falls/*prevention & control
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Female
MH  - *Frail Elderly
MH  - Geriatric Assessment
MH  - Humans
MH  - Independent Living
MH  - Lower Extremity/*physiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Postural Balance/*physiology
MH  - Pressure
MH  - Singapore
MH  - *Stockings, Compression
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Compression
OT  - Elderly individuals
OT  - Knee length socks
OT  - Postural regulation
EDAT- 2018/08/31 06:00
MHDA- 2019/03/23 06:00
CRDT- 2018/08/31 06:00
PHST- 2018/05/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/07/08 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2018/08/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/08/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/03/23 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/08/31 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0966-6362(18)30516-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.08.011 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Gait Posture. 2018 Oct;66:63-69. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.08.011. Epub 2018 
      Aug 16.