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Methods Used To Measure Postural Balance

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2018
Pankanin Ewelina, Miętkowska Paulina. Methods used to measure postural balance. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(7):214-220. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1299755 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5612 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/868893 The journal has had 7 points ...
Ewelina Stefania Pankanin, Paulina Miętkowska   +1 more
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Effects of infant care posture and weight on static postural balance. [PDF]

Technol Health Care
BACKGROUND: Studies investigating postural balance during various infant care postures have not been reported yet. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to measure static postural balance when holding an infant dummy in-arms and carrying an infant dummy on back according to different infant dummy weights.
Kim JW, Cha SH, Lee MK, Ko J, Kwon YR.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Investigation of postural balance control in judo and handball players

Türk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi, 2015
The aim of this study was to examine postural balance control in hudo and handball players. A total of 50 healthy athletes that are judo and handball players participated as volunteer.
Ahmet Sanıoglu, Cengiz Taskın, Mine Taskın, Onder Karakoc   +3 more
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Recalibrating disparities in perceived and actual balance abilities in older adults: a mixed-methods evaluation of a novel exergaming intervention

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2018
Background Published reports suggest a disparity between perceived and actual balance abilities, a trait associated with increased fall-risk in older adults.
Toby J. Ellmers, Ioannis Th. Paraskevopoulos, A. Mark Williams, William R. Young   +3 more
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Limited evidence of physical therapy on balance after stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundStroke results in balance disorders and these directly affect autonomy and quality of life. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine the efficacy of physical therapy (PT) on balance and postural control after ...
Aurélien Hugues, Julie Di Marco, Shams Ribault, Hugo Ardaillon, Perrine Janiaud, Yufeng Xue, Jin Zhu, Jennifer Pires, Hooman Khademi, Laura Rubio, Paloma Hernandez Bernal, Yeliz Bahar, Hadrien Charvat, Pawel Szulc, Carolina Ciumas, Heiwon Won, Michel Cucherat, Isabelle Bonan, François Gueyffier, Gilles Rode   +19 more
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Combination of BTrackS and Geri-Fit as a targeted approach for assessing and reducing the postural sway of older adults with high fall risk

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2017
Daniel J Goble, Mason C Hearn, Harsimran S Baweja School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, College of Health and Human Services, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA Abstract: Atypically high postural sway measured by a force plate is a ...
Goble DJ, Hearn MC, Baweja HS
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Differences in postural strategies between children with and without ADHD in tasks of static and dynamic balance

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
BackgroundMany children with ADHD experience challenges with balance and postural control, unlike their unaffected peers. While postural sway has been extensively studied in this patient group, less is known about the postural strategies employed to ...
Tabea Christ, Kim Joris Boström, Heiko Wagner, Christiane Bohn   +3 more
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Interrelationship between postural balance and body posture in children and adolescents

Journal of Physical Therapy Science, 2017
[Purpose] This study examined possible interrelationships between postural sway and posture parameters in children and adolescents with a particular focus on posture weakness. [Subjects and Methods] 308 healthy children and adolescents (124 girls, 184 boys, aged 12.3 ± 2.5 years) participated in the study.
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The Effects of Multisensory Balance Training on Postural Control in Older Adults

Sālmand, 2011
Objectives: It has been found that older adults fall or sway significantly more than younger ones under sensory conflict conditions. Considering the prospects of future increases in the elderly population size of Iran and the lack of proper postural ...
Farnoosh Shams, Afsoun Hassani Mehraban, Ghorban Taghizadeh   +2 more
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Comparing postural balance among older adults and Parkinson's disease patients

Motriz: Revista de Educacao Fisica
The objective of this study was to compare postural balance among healthy older adults and Parkinson's disease (PD) patients during one-legged stance balance.
Isabela Andrelino de Almeida, Marcelle Brandão Terra, Marcio Rogério de Oliveira, Rubens Alexandre da Silva Júnior, Henrique Ballalai Ferraz, Suhaila Mahmoud Smaili Santos   +5 more
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