image: During the first period, the participant had to remain still, maintaining a bipodal posture in front of the fixation cross. The initial position of the center of pressure was calculated. During the second period, a visual stimulus was presented. To characterize the postural response, the standard deviation of the center of pressure position was calculated for a period of 2 seconds. The third period began with the disappearance of the image corresponding to the starting signal to initiate a step (GO). The reaction time was determined when the position of the center of pressure deviated by plus or minus 2 standard deviations from the mean position.
Credit: Campanella et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Analyzing the micromovements of recovering alcoholics in response to stimuli, along with their reaction times, might help predict if they will relapse following treatment
Article URL: http://plos.io/3GSojP3
Article title: Investigating approach/avoidance tendencies in male AUD patients through a gait initiation task: An exploratory posturography study
Author countries: Belgium, France, Canada
Funding: S. Campanella and X Noel were funded by the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (F.N.R.S., Belgium) and the Brugmann Foundation (UHC Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium). H Mouras would like to express his gratitude to "Institut National du Cancer" (INCA) and to "Institut pour la Recherche en Santé Publique" for their financial support of this project (SPAV1-23-009-2023-209).
Journal
PLOS One
Article Title
Investigating approach/avoidance tendencies in male AUD patients through a gait initiation task: An exploratory posturography study
Article Publication Date
13-Aug-2025
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.