Posture disorders in patients with multiple sclerosis
Zakharov, A.V.; Vlasov, I.V.; Poverennova, I.E.; Khivintseva, E.V.; Antipov, O.I.
Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 114(2 Part 2): 55-58
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 1997-7298 PMID: 24662358 Document Number: 671985
Impairment of stability in the vertical posture is one of the most common or, sometimes, a key symptom in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Reduction of postural control is often correlated with the severity of neurological deficit and is thought to be a leading factor that impacts on social and working activities of the patient with MS. We studied disturbances of postural control depending on the lesion of a functional system and evaluated the involvement of a corresponding system in the functions of postural control in 61 patients with confirmed MS. Patients were stratified into five groups according to lesion location: visual, motor, sensory, cerebellar or spine stem systems. The maximal impairment of static postural control corresponded to the maximal lesion of the sensory system. Compensatory mechanisms of the activation of central and neuromuscular.