Balance reflex terms

Question	Answer
VOR	Vestibuloocular reflex head/eye coordination with eye movement based on movement of the head (counters movement of head)
VSR	Vestibulospinal reflex Stabilization and motor control with coordination of the trunk
Automatic postural strategies (from minimal to greatest effort)	1.) Ankle strategy 2.) Hip strategy 3.) stepping strategy
Suspensory strategy	Lowering COG during a task such as swimming, standing, ambulation, etc. Focus is use of mobility and stability during a dynamic task
Ankle strategy	Control of postural sway from small perturbation. Opposite muscles activate of stimuli. Ex:) anterior focus = activation of plantar felxors
Hip strategy	Control of postural sway from moderate perturbation through pelvis/hip. Hip moves in opposite motion of head to maintain COG
Stepping strategy	From an unexpected perturbations creating new BOS due to COG going beyond current BOS by using LE's to step or UE's to reach out.

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	Created by Justin Lao over 5 years ago