About the ISPGR

Overview

Welcome to the website of the International Society for Postural and Gait Research (ISPGR), formerly called the International Society of Posturography. The society provides a multidisciplinary forum for basic and clinical scientists. The society holds regular meetings in order to:

• To present and discuss the latest reseach and clinical findings relating to the control of posture and gait and related disorders.
• To facilitate interaction between members who meet from all corners of the globe.
• To promote the broad discipline of posture and gait research.

History

The International Society for Posture and Gait Research was formed in 1969 under the name the International Society of Posturography, by a group of basic scientists and clinicians who had similar interests in quantifying postural sway during stance. Most of the Society members in the first years were from Europe and Japan.

The first meetings took place in Madrid (1971), Smolenica (1973), Paris (1975), Sofia (1977), Amsterdam (1979), Kyoto (1981), and Houston (1983). At the 1983 meeting in Houston the founders realized that interest in posturography had expanded to include the entire area of balance and gait control. At the annual meeting in 1986, the Society was renamed to its current name. By its 1992 meeting in Portland, Oregon, the Society had grown to its present size of over 300 members worldwide, whose interests include sensory and motor control neurophysiology, biomechanics, movement disorders, neural circuitry, vestibular function, neurological disorders, effects of development and aging, rehabilitation, robotics, modeling, neural compensation, and motor learning as related to control of balance and gait. The next XVIIIth ISPGR meeting of the will be held in Burlington, Vermont, USA 2007.