Editorial: The Contribution of Postural Adjustments to Body Balance and Motor Performance: Volume II

This second volume of the Research Topic provides an up-to-date picture on how humans control balance and body motion during daily motor tasks, with a special focus on the relationship between postural adjustments, body balance and motor performance in healthy adults and individuals with various health conditions. It includes 18 contributions separated into four sections, each of them focusing on a specific aspect of balance and body motion control. In the first section, the focus is on multisensory integration in balance control during standing, sitting and gait initiation. The second section reports results of studies investigating the adaptability of gait and balance control under specific and controlled conditions in healthy individuals. The third section reports results of studies focusing on gait and balance disorders in specific clinical populations. Finally, in the last section, results of studies focusing on the development of innovative tools and methods to assess and improve gait, balance and cognitive functions in neurological patients are reported.