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Sustainable Intervention for Health Promotion and Postural Control Improvement: Effects of Home-Based Oculomotor Training

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  • Valerio Bonavolontà

    (Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Study of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy)

  • Stefania Cataldi

    (Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Study of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy)

  • Adalisa Coluccia

    (Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Study of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy)

  • Antonio Giunto

    (Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Study of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy)

  • Francesco Fischetti

    (Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Study of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy)

Abstract

Currently, it is crucial to propose daily sustainable interventions that elicit healthy lifestyles and the promotion of favorable health outcomes beyond the usual medical prescriptions. Home confinement and pandemic limitations reduced physical activity and augmented sedentary behaviors that potentially also reflect on posture. Health-related quality of life includes an effective postural control which is affected by visual performance. Therefore, the aim of the study was to analyze the effects of a single session of eye exercises and also of a home-based oculomotor training on postural control. Thirty active adults (mean age: 42.9 ± 14.4 years) were randomly assigned to three experimental conditions: subjects were evaluated on a stabilometric platform before (T0) and immediately after (T1) a training session consisting in clockwise ocular movements (C1), counterclockwise (C2) and mixed condition (C3). All subjects repeated, at home, the same ocular training and were re-evaluated after 5 weeks (T2). All measured variables tended to improve after 5-week home training, but significative differences were found, especially in acute measurement. C1 and C2 conditions showed better results than C3. Thus, a specific oculomotor training, a cost free and self-administered training, can represent a practical tool to improve postural control and health-related quality of life in active adults.

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  • Valerio Bonavolontà & Stefania Cataldi & Adalisa Coluccia & Antonio Giunto & Francesco Fischetti, 2020. "Sustainable Intervention for Health Promotion and Postural Control Improvement: Effects of Home-Based Oculomotor Training," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:24:p:10552-:d:463491
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