{"id":193488,"date":"2022-11-16T08:36:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T08:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=193488"},"modified":"2022-11-16T08:36:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T08:36:20","slug":"postural-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/postural-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Postural control"},"content":{"rendered":"

An involuntary neurological loop consisting of motor, sensory, and integrative processes used to maintain the body\u2019s position relative to gravity and of its segments relative to each other for stability. Postural control relies on information from the vestibular and somatosensory systems and visual cues. Balance is a hallmark of postural control.<\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An involuntary neurological loop consisting of motor, sensory, and integrative processes used to maintain the body\u2019s position relative to gravity and of its segments relative to each other for stability. Postural control relies on information from the vestibular and somatosensory systems and visual cues. Balance is a hallmark of postural control.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-p"],"yoast_head":"\nPostural control - Definition of Postural control<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An involuntary neurological loop consisting of motor, sensory, and integrative processes used to maintain the body\u2019s position relative to gravity and of its segments relative to each other for stability. Postural control relies on information from the vestibular and somatosensory systems and visual cues. Balance is a hallmark of postural control.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/postural-control\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Postural control - Definition of Postural control\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An involuntary neurological loop consisting of motor, sensory, and integrative processes used to maintain the body\u2019s position relative to gravity and of its segments relative to each other for stability. Postural control relies on information from the vestibular and somatosensory systems and visual cues. Balance is a hallmark of postural control.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/postural-control\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-16T08:36:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/postural-control\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/postural-control\/\",\"name\":\"Postural control - Definition of Postural control\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-16T08:36:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-16T08:36:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\"},\"description\":\"An involuntary neurological loop consisting of motor, sensory, and integrative processes used to maintain the body\u2019s position relative to gravity and of its segments relative to each other for stability. Postural control relies on information from the vestibular and somatosensory systems and visual cues. Balance is a hallmark of postural control.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/postural-control\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/postural-control\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/postural-control\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Postural control\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"description\":\"Difinitions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Postural control - Definition of Postural control","description":"An involuntary neurological loop consisting of motor, sensory, and integrative processes used to maintain the body\u2019s position relative to gravity and of its segments relative to each other for stability. Postural control relies on information from the vestibular and somatosensory systems and visual cues. Balance is a hallmark of postural control.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/postural-control\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Postural control - Definition of Postural control","og_description":"An involuntary neurological loop consisting of motor, sensory, and integrative processes used to maintain the body\u2019s position relative to gravity and of its segments relative to each other for stability. Postural control relies on information from the vestibular and somatosensory systems and visual cues. Balance is a hallmark of postural control.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/postural-control\/","og_site_name":"Glossary","article_published_time":"2022-11-16T08:36:20+00:00","author":"Glossary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glossary"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/postural-control\/","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/postural-control\/","name":"Postural control - Definition of Postural control","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-11-16T08:36:20+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-16T08:36:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5"},"description":"An involuntary neurological loop consisting of motor, sensory, and integrative processes used to maintain the body\u2019s position relative to gravity and of its segments relative to each other for stability. Postural control relies on information from the vestibular and somatosensory systems and visual cues. Balance is a hallmark of postural control.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/postural-control\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/postural-control\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/postural-control\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Postural control"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/","name":"Glossary","description":"Difinitions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5","name":"Glossary","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193489,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193488\/revisions\/193489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}