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Assessment of the quality of life, muscle strength, and dynamic balance of elderly Kendo players

Clinics
OBJECTIVE: To compare Kendo players with active elderly adults in terms of quality of life, functional aspects (muscle strength, postural balance) and body composition. METHODS: This was a controlled cross-sectional study.
Dário Lucas Costa de Mendonça, Angelica Castilho Alonso, Júlia Maria D’Andrea Greve, Luiz Eugênio Garcez-Leme   +3 more
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Postural Balance in Women with Osteoporosis and Effective Factors

Türk Osteoporoz Dergisi, 2011
Introduction: The most common cause of mortality and morbidity among osteoporotic individuals is bone fracture which in many cases is a direct result of falls.
Duygu Ünlüsoy, Ece Aydoğ, İhsan Ünlüsoy   +2 more
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Correlation between body mass index and postural balance Correlação entre índice de massa corpórea e equilíbrio postural

Clinics, 2007
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the correlation between body mass index (BMI) and postural balance in unipodal support. METHOD: 40 males, age 26 ± 5 yrs, body mass 72.3 ± 11 kg, height 176 ± 6 cm and BMI 23.3 ± 3.2 kg/m², were ...
Julia Greve, Angelica Alonso, Ana Carolina P.G. Bordini, Gilberto Luis Camanho   +3 more
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Comparison of static and dynamic balance performances of sports science students by gender

Physical Education of Students
Background and Study Aim. Static and dynamic balance performance are fundamental skills that can exhibit significant differences between genders and are critically important in motor skills and sports science.
Elif Taskuyu, Doğukan Hakan Atceken, Muhammed Berk Savga, Ali Saçikara, Rumeysa Atalay, Halil Gungor   +5 more
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How Many Trials Is Enough To Access Balance On The Biodex Balance System? : Master's Thesis

, 2023
Prijašnja istraživanja pokazala su da je Biodex Balance System (BBS) pouzdan uređaj za mjerenje dimenzija ravnoteže, ali nema konsenzusa među znanstvenicima koliki je broj čestica mjerenja ili pokušaja potreban kako bi se ispitanik familijarizirao, odnosno upoznao s testovima na BBS-u, pogotovo kada su u pitanju niže razine stabilnosti platforme.
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Effectiveness of elastic band-type ankle–foot orthoses on postural control in poststroke elderly patients as determined using combined measurement of the stability index and body weight-bearing ratio

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2015
Jong Hyun Kim, Woo Sang Sim, Byeong Hee Won Usability Evaluation Technology Center, Advanced Biomedical and Welfare R&D Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea Purpose: Poor recovery of postural ...
Kim JH, Sim WS, Won BH
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The Short Effects of Two Spinal Stabilization Exercise on Balance Tests and Limit of Stability in Men with Non–Specific Chronic Low Back Pain: Randomized Clinical Trial Study

Journal of Rehabilitation, 2012
Objective: This study investigated the short-term effects of two stability exercises, including Abdominal Hollowing and Abdominal bracing on stabilization parameters of Biodex Stability System in male subjects with non-specific recurrent low back pain ...
Zahra Ya'ghoubi, Sedigheh Kahrizi, Mohammad Parnian-Pour, Esmaeil Ebrahimi-Takmajani, Soghrat Faghih-Zadeh   +4 more
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Effect of Plyometric Exercises of Lower Limb on Strength, Postural Control, and Risk of Falling in Stroke Patients

Medicina
Background and Objective: Stroke, a major contributor to long-term disability worldwide, often results in significant impairments in motor function. These impairments can include weakness, impaired balance, and decreased coordination, which can have a ...
Ahmed K. Abd Elsabour, Hoda M. Zakaria, Ebtesam M. Fahmy, Azza Sayed Abdelrehim Khalil, Reem M. Alwhaibi, Walaa M. Ragab, Shreen I. Taha   +6 more
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The effects of anxiety on balance parameters in young female university students.

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry, 2012
In human beings, the balance control is a result of an integration of physical and psychological factors and people show different reactions when feel anxious or face stability threatened conditions such as standing on an unstable surface.
Abbas Rahimi, Zahra Ebrahim Abadi
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Analysis of status quo and risk factors of self efficacy in elderly patients’fall

Huli yanjiu, 2016
Objective:To investigate the status quo of self efficacy in elderly patients falling and to analyze risk factors of elderly patients fall.Methods:A total of 105 elderly inpatients in our hospital were selected from June 2014 to May 2015 and were divided
张丽红, 宋锦平
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