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Balance abilities of junior ice hockey players

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 2021
Postural control is required during various fast-paced and offensive ice hockey actions, and therefore seems to be an important component in ice hockey performance.Data were collected from two ice hockey teams with differing performance levels. The higher-performance team consisted of 26 players (with ages of 16.3±0.9 y, heights of 178.26±6.71 cm, and ...
Zdenek Svoboda, Lukas Ondra
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Reading and a Balanced Polymorphism for Laterality and Ability

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1990
Abstract The idea that reading ability might vary with right‐left hand skill, such that children with mild biases to the right hand have advantages for learning, while children at both left and right extremes have disadvantages, was supported by findings for a large sample of primary schoolchildren.
Annett, M, Manning, M
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Balance Abilities of Professional Dancers on Select Balance Tests

Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 1996
Documentation that dancers have better balance abilities than nondancers is important because of the number of dancers who sustain injury and then are referred to physical therapists for treatment. The purpose of this study was to compare balance abilities of professional dancers with nondancers on selected balance conditions.
Betsy Thompson   +4 more
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Effects of a core stabilization training program on balance ability in persons with Parkinson’s disease: a randomized controlled trial

Clinical Rehabilitation, 2020
Objective: To explore the effects of an eight-week core stability program on balance ability in persons with Parkinson’s disease. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: A local Parkinson’s association.
I. Cabrera-Martos   +5 more
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The effects of soccer training and timing of balance training on balance ability

European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2006
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of a soccer training session on the balance ability of the players and assess whether the effectiveness of a balance program is affected by its performance before or after the regular soccer training.
Gioftsidou, Asimenia   +5 more
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Meta-analysis of the effects of exercise programs in improving the balance ability of children with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2020
Background: Although children with intellectual disabilities (ID) are at greater risk of falls from poorer balance ability than typically developing children, reliable information about which types of physical intervention are most effective is scarce ...
Ying Ma   +3 more
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The effects of the three-dimensional active trunk training exercise on trunk control ability, trunk muscle strength, and balance ability in sub-acute stroke patients: A randomized controlled pilot study

Technology and Health Care, 2020
BACKGROUND: Trunk control ability has been identified as an important early predictor of functional recovery after stroke. OBJECTIVE: Our study aimed to investigate the effects of three-dimensional active trunk training exercise on trunk control ability,
Kyeoung-Man Jung   +3 more
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Characteristics of the balance ability and isokinetic strength in ankle sprain

Isokinetics and exercise science, 2020
BACKGROUND: Ankle sprain is a common sports injury. The initial injury involves trauma, but repeated inversion injuries occur in patients with eversion strength weakness and lower dynamic balance ability.
Kyu-Hun Lee   +3 more
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Balance and dyslexia: An investigation of adults’ abilities

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 2006
Balance ability in dyslexia is an issue of considerable theoretical and applied significance, but the literature currently lacks consensus. This study applied objective measures to established balance tasks. 17 dyslexic adults and 20 controls matched for age and IQ undertook the heel-to-toe balance test for 1 minute. Further “dual task” tests were also
Jamie L. Needle   +2 more
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