/OBJECTIVES: Postural control depends on the integration and reweighting of visual, somatosensory, vestibular, and contextual sensory information. Stable auditory cues may support balance, whereas complex musical stimulation may impose additional sensory-cognitive demand during multisensory conflict....
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Discussion
Signed responses from readers of the wire.
No actionable change for audiology clinical practice; this study addresses sports-performance balance research and has no direct bearing on hearing rehabilitation or vestibular clinical protocols.
Understanding how auditory cues at different intensities interact with balance in high-performance individuals could eventually inform vestibular rehabilitation design, though current findings are limited to a specific athlete population.
- 01Study examined the effect of music intensity levels on postural control in trained athletes.
- 02Virtual-reality tasks were used to create challenging balance conditions.
- 03Auditory cues appear to contribute to balance performance, with intensity level mattering.
- 04Findings apply specifically to trained athletes and may not generalize to clinical populations.
- 05Indirect relevance to vestibular audiology; more translational work is needed.
Relative device-output music intensity affects postural control performance in trained athletes.
studypartially supportedAuditory cues contribute to balance regulation during virtual-reality-based postural tasks.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42651083
- DOI
- 10.3390/brainsci16080772.
- Journal
- Brain Sciences
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 2b
- Population
- Trained athletes
- Intervention
- Varying relative device-output music intensity during virtual-reality-based postural control tasks
- Comparator
- Different music intensity conditions within the same participants
Primary outcomes
Postural control performance during VR-based balance tasks; Effect of music intensity on balance stability measures