Sentence examples for postural tone from inspiring English sources

For instance, the basis of habitual human posture is postural tone of the skeletal muscles and microgravity elicits substantial changes in muscle tone and posture [ 48, 49].

Syncope was defined as a transient loss of consciousness with a brief period of unresponsiveness and a loss of postural tone, resulting in spontaneous recovery without any resuscitation.

Syncope is a symptom of cerebral hypoperfusion and is defined as a short, sudden, self-terminating episode of transient loss of consciousness with a failure to maintain postural tone and with a variety of aetiologies.

The loss of postural tone associated with transient loss of consciousness during syncope can mimic a falling event [ 3].

Indeed, many falls associated with sudden changes in postural orientation, such as turning, are thought to be due to inflexible control of axial postural tone.

9 Lessons in the Alexander technique offer an individualised approach designed to develop lifelong skills for self care that help people recognise, understand, and avoid poor habits affecting postural tone and neuromuscular coordination.

On the other hand, stimulation of a muscle-tone inhibitory region in the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPN) suppressed postural muscle tone.

However, pathological asymmetry of postural muscle tone regulation is not necessarily the cause of the shift of the body.

Two brainstem areas important in control of postural muscle tone are the dorsal and ventral tegmental fields, with integration between the output from these areas and other descending locomotor signals occurring in the medullary reticular formation and spinal cord [ 17, 18].

At 12 months adjusted age, children were scheduled for a multidisciplinary evaluation which included an assessment of deep tendon reflexes, passive muscle tone, posture, postural reflexes, and gross and fine motor function.

As with postural muscles, masseter muscle tone decreased progressively from active wake to quiet wake and to non-REM (NREM) sleep.