The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the postural stability control mechanisms of young female volleyball players using wavelet analysis. The practical objective of the study was also to validate the signal derived from a baroresistive platform....
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Discussion
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No actionable change — this sports science study on postural stability in healthy athletes has no direct clinical implication for audiology practice.
Advances in posturography analysis methods — like wavelet-based assessments — may eventually refine vestibular function testing tools used in audiology and balance clinics.
- 01Wavelet analysis applied to baroresistive platform data to study balance control in young, healthy female volleyball players.
- 02Study is in healthy athletes — not a patient or hearing-impaired population.
- 03Published in PLoS ONE (2026), a broad open-access science journal.
- 04Baroresistive platforms record the distribution of body pressure during standing tasks.
- 05Methodological relevance to vestibular/balance assessment in audiology is indirect at best.
Wavelet-based assessment of a baroresistive platform can evaluate postural stability control mechanisms in young female volleyball players.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42623349
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0355995.
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Young female volleyball players
- Intervention
- Wavelet-based analysis of postural stability using a baroresistive platform
Primary outcomes
Postural stability control mechanisms assessed via wavelet analysis of baroresistive platform data