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February 12, 2026Frontiers in AgingOpen Access

Effects of age, sex, and sensory information on balance performance in young and older adults

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AKAhmad Ali Akbari KamraniASAmir ShamsEnglish Institute of SportPDParvaneh Shamsipour Dehkordi

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Overview

Demonstrates how age and sensory challenges impact balance performance in adults, indicating potential vulnerabilities among older females.

Key Points

  • This research investigates how age, sex, and sensory information affect balance performance in different age groups.
  • 250 participants stratified into five age groups (25–40, 60–65, 66–70, 71–75, 76–80) with equal sex distribution
  • Participants underwent the Sensory Organization Test (SOT) using computerized dynamic posturography
  • Balance was assessed through center of pressure (COP) velocity and displacement across six sensory conditions
  • A 5 × 2 × 6 repeated-measures ANOVA was conducted to analyze the data.
  • Significant main effects of age group and sensory condition on COP velocity and displacement (p < 0.001)
  • Balance performance declined with each older age group and more challenging sensory conditions
  • No significant main effects of sex were found across groups
  • Detrimental effects of sensory conditions were more pronounced in older adults (age × condition interaction, p < 0.001, d = 0.50)
  • Significant age × sex interaction showed older females were more unstable than males (p = 0.001, d = 0.59).

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Kamrani et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698d6d445be6419ac0d522echttps://doi.org/10.3389/fragi.2026.1761492
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