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Does Regular Dancing Improve Static Balance? [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
The aim of the study was to compare the static balance of dancers and non-dancers in a bipedal and unipedal stance. Twenty-three female dancers (mean age: 21.3 ± 1.7) and 24 age and sex-matched subjects (mean age 22.3 ± 1.0) participated in this study. A force platform was used to assess balance.
Przemysław Stawicki, Agnieszka Wareńczak, Przemysław Lisiński   +2 more
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Assessing static balance control improvement following cataract surgery using a smartphone [PDF]

Digital Health
Introduction Cataract remains a prevalent cause of visual impairment among the elderly, significantly increasing the risk of falls due to compromised visual function.
Lorrana de Souza Azevedo, Newton Quintino Feitosa, Enzo Gabriel Rocha Santos, Márcio Augusto Moraes Alvarez, Lucciano Augusto Ximenes Norat, Gabriel Izan Santos Botelho, Anderson Belgamo, Gustavo Henrique Lima Pinto, Ketlin Jaqueline Santana Castro, Bianca Callegari, Anselmo de Athayde Costa e Silva, Raílson Cruz Salomão, André dos Santos Cabral, Alexandre Antônio Marques Rosa, Givago Silva Souza   +14 more
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Design Considerations for 3RRR Parallel Robots with Lightweight, Approximate Static-Balancing [PDF]

2023 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDTEC-CIE), 2023
Balancing parallel robots throughout their workspace while avoiding the use of balancing masses and respecting design practicality constraints is difficult. Medical robots demand such compact and lightweight designs. This paper considers the difficult task of achieving optimal approximate balancing of a parallel robot throughout a desired task-based ...
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Are Static and Dynamic Postural Balance Assessments Two Sides of the Same Coin? A Cross-Sectional Study in the Older Adults

Frontiers in Physiology, 2021
The aim of this study was to investigate if the combination of static and dynamic postural balance assessments gives more accurate indications on balance performance among healthy older adults.
Alex Rizzato, Antonio Paoli, Marta Andretta, Francesca Vidorin, Giuseppe Marcolin   +4 more
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Effects of Short-Term Dynamic Balance Training on Postural Stability in School-Aged Football Players and Gymnasts

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Static and dynamic balance abilities enable simple and complex movements and are determinants of top athletic performance. Balance abilities and their proficiency differ fundamentally with respect to age, gender, type of balance intervention, and type of
Rouven Kenville, Rouven Kenville, Tom Maudrich, Tom Maudrich, Sophie Körner, Johannes Zimmer, Patrick Ragert, Patrick Ragert   +7 more
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The impact of horseback riding on the balance of 7-year-old children

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity, 2021
Introduction: This research aimed to determine the impact of horseback riding on the balance ability of first-grade students. Material and methods: Fifty-eight students were divided into two sub-groups: twenty-eight riders and thirty non-riders.
PREDRAG ILIĆ, ALEKSANDRA ALEKSIĆ-VELJKOVIĆ, MILJAN HADŽOVIĆ   +2 more
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Improving static balance ability with trainings supported by somatosensory-based feedback system

Smart Learning Environments, 2022
To support trainings for static balance ability improvement, in this study, we developed a somatosensory-based feedback system (SFS) using Kinect technology.
Wei Wang, Wenjing Wang, Rustam Shadiev
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Trends in the Analysis of Static Balance

Reabilitacijos mokslai: slauga, kineziterapija, ergoterapija, 2020
The aim of the paper was to discuss the trends in the analysis of static balance and relation between physiological parameters and characteristics of posturograms. Static balance is ability to keep steady posture in certain stance [2, 3]. Posturography is one of most popular research methods of static balance [10, 11].
Vilma Juodžbalienė, Kazimieras Muckus
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Effect of balance training on static and dynamic balance performance in male adolescents: role of training frequency

BMC Research Notes, 2022
Objective Previous studies reported significant improvements in static and dynamic balance performance following balance training during adolescence.
Thomas Muehlbauer, Arne Grundmann, Lukas Vortkamp, Simon Schedler   +3 more
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IMMEDIATE AND LATE EFFECT OF CRYOTHERAPY ON BALANCE IN HEALTHY SUBJECTS

International Journal of Physiotherapy, 2017
Background: cryotherapy application is commonly used as a physical therapy tools with many advantages, however numerous researchers have stated decrease in subject balance which affects quality of movement following cryotherapy application, thus the ...
Yomna F. Ahmed, Neveen A. Abdel Raoof , Mohsen M. EL-Sayyad, Doaa I. Amin   +3 more
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