Researchers at the University of British Columbia are looking for new ways to treat patients with balance disorders. Dr. Jean-Sébastien Blouin DC, PhD, Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation Professor in Spine Biomechanics and Human Neurophysiology is leading the charge to try and develop further evidence that may later lead to better evaluation tools or even therapies for individuals who suffer from balance deficits.
Dr. Blouin wants to learn more about how people maintain standing balance which essentially means how do we sense where our feet our with respect to our head and the rest of the body during standing and walking postures. Each day we walk, move our head from side to side and never give a second thought to the mechanisms at play that keep us upright. It may sound simple enough but to those suffering from imbalance issues, even simple tasks can be extremely difficult.
At the core of their research is a standing balance robot, designed by Dr. Blouin and researchers at UBC’s CARIS Lab.
Read the full article on the The Vancouver Sun blog.
Article written by Dr. Don Nixdorf, Chiropractor