What Does the Body Communicate With Postural Oscillations? A Clinical Investigation Hypothesis

• Main Authors: Andrea Buscemi, Santi Scirè Campisi, Giulia Frazzetto, Jessica Petriliggieri, Simona Martino, Pierluca Ambramo, Alessandro Rapisarda, Nelson Mauro Maldonato, Donatella Di Corrado, Marinella Coco
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
• Series: Frontiers in Psychology
• Subjects: body communication; postural oscillations; osteopathic medicine; health; upright posture
• Online Access: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.668192/full

The evolution of the foot and the attainment of the bipedia represent a distinctive characteristic of the human species. The force of gravity is dissipated through the tibial astragalic joints, and the movement of the ankle is manifested on a sagittal plane. However, this is in contrast with other studies that analyze the straight station in bipodalic support of the body. According to these studies, the oscillations of the body dissipated by the articulation of the ankle are greater on a frontal plane than on a sagittal plane. Probably, this can be deduced by analyzing the concept of “cone of economy (COE) and equilibrium;” a cone that has its base with the oscillations described by the 360° movement performed by the head and has its apex that supports polygon defined by the tibio-astragalic articulation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a kind of communication between the oscillations of the COE and equilibrium and the main sphere of somatic dysfunction (structural, visceral, or cranial sacral), assessing the reliability of the “fascial compression test.” The implications of this connection have been considered, while grounding the hypothesis in the ability of the human body to maintain its center of mass (COM) with minimum energy expenditure and with minimum postural influence. At the same time, the fascial compression test provides a dominant direction of fascial compartments in restriction of mobility.