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hold sway (over someone)

To have or exert great control or influence (over someone). My father retired from politics years ago, but he still holds sway in the town to this day. It is suspected that the president's wife holds a lot of sway over the administration's policy.

sway back and forth

to swing or bend from one direction to another. The pendulum swayed back and forth, counting off the seconds. Mary was swaying back and forth, keeping time to the music.

sway from side to side

to swing or bend from one side to the other. The car swayed from side to side as we started out, indicating that something was seriously wrong. He swayed from side to side with the rhythm of the music.

sway someone to something

to convince someone to do something. I think I can sway her to join our side. We could not sway Ted to our position.

hold sway over

Dominate, have a controlling influence over, as in He held sway over the entire department. This idiom uses the noun sway in the sense of "power" or "dominion," a usage dating from the late 1500s.

hold sway

To have a controlling influence; dominate.

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Computerized posturograhy for data analysis and mathematical modelling of postural sway during different two-legged and one-legged human stance.

Balance after stapedectomy: the measurement of spontaneous sway by posturography.

Control and stability of the complex inverted pendulum models in application to postural sway analysis of the vertical human stance.

Computerized posturography with sway frequency analysis: Application in occupational and environmental health.

Posturographic evidence of nonorganic sway patterns in normal subjects, patients, and suspected malingerers.

Posturographic study of the human body vibrations for clinical diagnostics of the spine and joint pathology/Zmogaus kuno virpesiu posturografinis tyrimas stuburo ir sanariu patologijoms diagnozuoti

Instability manifests as an exaggeration of the COG sway and is the expression of the difficulty encountered in resisting the destabilizing effects of gravity.

The amplitude of the COG sway, therefore, is representative of an individual's difficulty in achieving balance, and the amplitude and velocity of the sway are proportional to the difficulty experienced counteracting gravity.

The COG sway can be measured by computer analysis of information received from a forceplate on which stands the individual to be evaluated.

Visual input: Its importance in the control of postural sway.

Variations in balance and body sway in middle-aged adults: Subjects with healthy backs compared with subjects with low-back dysfunction.

Quantification of postural sway in normals and patients with cerebellar diseases.