effect of mood state on anticipatory postural adjustments static postural control has been demonstrated to link with psychological state however the effect of psychological state on dynamic postural control remains unclear in this study we examined the effect of mood state on anticipatory postural adjustment apa one of the most important functions for dynamic postural control fourteen healthy male subjects performed unilateral arm elevation tasks after completing a profile of mood states poms questionnaire mood state measured by poms and the latency or amplitude of the apa in the ventral muscles rectus femoris tibialis anterior of the lower limb showed significant negative correlations the correlation between the mood state and apa amplitude in the soleus was found to be significantly positive there were significant negative correlations between the mood state and reactiontime these findings suggest that it is possible that dynamic postural control is affected by mood state