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Atlantis Brain & Chiropractic Center is  proud to offer computerized balance testing with the Vestibular Technologies Computerized Assessment of Postural Stability (CAPS).  Posturography in general is a non‑invasive specialized clinical assessment technique used to quantify how well a person is able to control posture and balance.

 

As eloquently stated by Visser et al. [1] "the term posturography refers ‑ literally ‑ to the description of posture, which we interpret as the rather static relative position of different body parts with respect to each other. Most frequently, however, posturography techniques are used to investigate the active and passive regulation of balance under a variety of conditions."

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The control of posture and balance, i.e. postural control, necessitates a complex interaction of sensory, motor and central nervous system processes. The sensory aspect involves vestibular, visual, proprioceptive and somatosensory inputs. The motor aspects include not only the principal skeletal muscles but to a lesser extent almost every muscle in the body. The nervous system aspects include not only the vestibular nuceli but the spine, cerebellum, and practically all the central and peripheral nervous system.

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[1] Visser JE, Carpenter MG, van der Kooij H, Bloem BR. "The clinical utility of posturography." Clin Neurophysiol. 2008 Nov;119(11):2424‑36.

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Here is an example of a 31 year old woman with healthy balance . . .