# Balance Control in Obese Subjects during Quiet Stance: A State-of-the Art
## 3 Results  
A total of 27 records were retrieved from the electronic databases. Eight items were added by visual inspection of reference lists and review articles. After removing seven duplicates, titles and abstracts screening led to exclude four papers. Out of the remaining 24 articles, 12 failed to meet inclusion criteria. The main reasons for exclusion were as follows: studies assessing elderly or non-adult patients; patients with neuropathy; the presence of other pathologies (multiple sclerosis). The selection process is summarised in Figure 1.  
Table 1 presents a summary of the papers on postural ability in obese individuals with the demographic characteristics of the evaluated individuals and some details of the experimental set-up (trial duration, conditions, feet position, analyzed parameters).  
Figure 1: Diagram of study selection.  
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Source**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Year**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**County**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**\# Participants and**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**BMI (kg/m\({}^{2}\)) the**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Parameters**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Tial**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Conditions**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Foot Position**} \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{11}{*}{[PERSON] et al. [30]} & \multirow{11}{*}{2007} & \multirow{11}{*}{Canada} & \multirow{11}{*}{Total: 59 (M)} & \multirow{11}{*}{40.5 \(\pm\) 9.5} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**BMI (kg/m\({}^{2}\)) the**} & \multirow{11}{*}{**Parameters**} & \multirow{11}{*}{**Parameters**} & \multirow{11}{*}{**Initial**} & \multirow{11}{*}{**Conditions**} & \multirow{11}{*}{**Foot Position**} \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{11}{*}{[PERSON] et al. [51]} & \multirow{11}{*}{2007} & \multirow{11}{*}{Canada} & \multirow{11}{*}{Total: 44 (M)} & \multirow{11}{*}{Control group:} & \multirow{11}{*}{\(38.6\) \(\pm\) 9.4} & \multirow{11}{*}{**\(22.7\) \(\pm\) 2.25} & \multirow{11}{*}{**\(38.6\) \(\pm\) 9.4} & \multirow{11}{*}{**\(22.7\) \(\pm\) 2.25} & \multirow{11}{*}{**\(38.6\) \(\pm\) 9.4} \\  & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{11}{*}{[PERSON] et al. [30]} & \multirow{11}{*}{2007} & \multirow{11}{*}{Canada} & \multirow{11}{*}{Total: 59 (M)} & \multirow{11}{*}{40.5 \(\pm\) 9.5} & \multirow{11}{*}{\(35.2\) \(\pm\) 11.7} & \multirow{11}{*}{**\(35.9\) \(\pm\) 9.4} & \multirow{11}{*}{**\(35.9\) \(\pm\) 9.4} & \multirow{11}{*}{**\(35.9\) \(\pm\) 9.4} & \multirow{11}{*}{**\(35.9\) \(\pm\) 9.4} \\  & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{11}{*}{[PERSON] et al. [51]} & \multirow{11}{*}{2007} & \multirow{11}{*}{Canada} & \multirow{11}{*}{Total: 44 (M)} & \multirow{11}{*}{Total: 38.6 \(\pm\) 9.4} & \multirow{11}{*}{\(22.7\) \(\pm\) 2.25} & \multirow{11}{*}{**\(38.6\) \(\pm\) 9.4} & \multirow{11}{*}{**\(22.7\) \(\pm\) 2.25} & \multirow{11}{*}{**\(38.6\) \(\pm\) 9.4} \\  & & & & & & & \\  & & & &
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Source**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Year**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**County**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**\# Participants and Gender (\# M/P)**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**BMI (kg/m\({}^{3}\))**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Parameters**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Tial Duration**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Conditions**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Foot Position**} \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{[PERSON] et al. [9]} & \multirow{4}{*}{2013} & \multirow{4}{*}{Spain} & \multirow{4}{*}{Total: 100 (P)} & \multirow{4}{*}{57.51 \(\pm\) 3.99} & \multirow{4}{*}{27.10 \(\pm\) 4.71} & CoF BMS (AP and ML) & & \multicolumn{2}{c}{} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{} \\  &