Postural Stability in Obese Preoperative Bariatric Patients Using Static and Dynamic Evaluation

Conclusion: Importantly, these data highlight obesity ’s contribution towards increased postural instability. Obese subjects exhibited greater COP displacement at higher AP velocities versus nonobese subjects, suggesting that clinically obese individuals show greater instability than nonobese subjects. Identifying factors contributory to instability could encourage patient-specific physical therapies and presurgical measures to mitigate instability and monitor postsurgical balance improvements.Obes Facts
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