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Levitan,M.N.; Crippa,J.A.; Bruno,L.M.; Pastore,D.L.; Freire,R.C.; Arrais,K.C.; Hallak,J.E.; Nardi,A.E.. |
Body stability is controlled by the postural system and can be affected by fear and anxiety. Few studies have addressed freezing posture in psychiatric disorders. The purpose of the present study was to assess posturographic behavior in 30 patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) and 35 without SAD during presentation of blocks of pictures with different valences. Neutral images consisted of objects taken from a catalog of pictures, negative images were mutilation pictures and anxiogenic images were related to situations regarding SAD fears. While participants were standing on a force platform, similar to a balance, displacement of the center of pressure in the mediolateral and anteroposterior directions was measured. We found that the SAD group... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Social anxiety disorder; Postural control; Freezing; Stabilometry; Anxiety; Social exposure. |
Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012000100007 |
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