morteza pourazar; Morteza Homayounnia Firouzjah
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Introduction: Cerebral Palsy (CP) refers to a class of non-progressive neurological disorders that permanently affect individuals' sensory-motor abilities and typically appear in infancy or early childhood. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of linear and nonlinear training methods on ...
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Introduction: Cerebral Palsy (CP) refers to a class of non-progressive neurological disorders that permanently affect individuals' sensory-motor abilities and typically appear in infancy or early childhood. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of linear and nonlinear training methods on the static balance ability of children with hemiplegic CP.
Methods: A total of 20 boys with hemiplegic CP, aged 7-12 years, were selected through convenience sampling and they were assigned into experimental and control groups. The Sharpened Romberg test was used to measure static balance scores. The linear and nonlinear training groups performed specific exercises for four weeks, three days a week, and one hour per session for each method. Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) and univariate Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) were conducted at a significance level of P≤0.05.
Findings: The results showed a significant difference between the linear and nonlinear training methods in at least one of the static balance variables (p=0.001). Additionally, considering the higher scores of the nonlinear group, this training method resulted in better static balance scores (with eyes open and closed) compared to the linear method in children with hemiplegic CP.
Conclusion: Overall, the findings of this study emphasize the importance of the nonlinear training method in improving the static balance of children with hemiplegic CP and support the constraint-led approach
Porya Rahmani; Mohammad Karimi Zadeh Ardakani; Seyed Mohammad Hosseini
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Introduction: Forward head posture is one of the most common postural abnormalities among students, which affects their postural control (balance). Although there is a trend toward using exergames to improve balance, the effectiveness of exergames specifically designed to improve balance in students ...
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Introduction: Forward head posture is one of the most common postural abnormalities among students, which affects their postural control (balance). Although there is a trend toward using exergames to improve balance, the effectiveness of exergames specifically designed to improve balance in students with forward head posture is unclear. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of exergames on the static balance of children with forward head posture. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study carried out using a pre-test, post-test, and a control group design, 30 boys with forward head posture in Takestan City with an age range of 7 to 12 years old were purposively selected and assigned to two groups, namely the Exergames and the Control groups. In the pre-test phase, the participants performed three attempts of the Stork test (static balance). The intervention phase was carried out over eight weeks with two sessions per week,each session lasting 30 minutes, during which the participants performed the relevant exercises. Following the training phase, the post-test phase was conducted, where the participants performed the static balance test as in the pre-test phase. The data were analyzed by univariate analysis of covariance.Results: The results showed that exergames significantly improved the static balance of children with forward head posture (F=22.94, P=0.001).Conclusion: In general, the results of the present study highlight the importance of exergames in the static balance of children with head forward posture, and it is recommended that the benefits of these exercises should be used to improve static balance.
Paria Nekouei; Vahid Zolaktaf; Ebrahim Sadeghi Demneh
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Children with autism spectrum disorder are prone to poor balance, postural stability, and postural abnormalities due to inactivity. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of Kangoo jump training on the balance function of children with autism spectrum disorder with high performance ...
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Children with autism spectrum disorder are prone to poor balance, postural stability, and postural abnormalities due to inactivity. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of Kangoo jump training on the balance function of children with autism spectrum disorder with high performance level. The method of this study was quasi-experimental. 20 subjects were selected from children with autism spectrum disorder in the Autism Association and autism schools in Tehran city using screening tests and were randomly divided into two groups (intervention and control) after measuring balance function as the pretest. The experimental group performed Kangoo jumps for 8 weeks and 3 sessions per week. After the intervention, all subjects’ balance function was measured by Stork test as the posttest. To test the research hypotheses, two-way multivariate analysis of variance was used. The findings of the present study showed that Kangoo jumps in the intervention group significantly improved balance function in children with autism spectrum disorder. The results also showed a significant difference in the results between the control and experimental groups in the posttest. Based on these results, Kangoo jumps can be useful to improve the balance function of children with autism spectrum disorder. Therefore this type of activity is recommended as an appropriate intervention method for children with autism spectrum disorder.
Fazlollah Bagherzadeh; Ayoub Hashemi; Hassan Baghandeh
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The aim of the current study was to determine the effect of two types of aerobic exercises on static and dynamic balance of the elderly women. 36 elderly women (60 to 75 years old) were randomly assigned to three groups: 1) walking or jogging (n=12) 2) exercise in water (n=12) 3) control (n=12). Groups ...
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The aim of the current study was to determine the effect of two types of aerobic exercises on static and dynamic balance of the elderly women. 36 elderly women (60 to 75 years old) were randomly assigned to three groups: 1) walking or jogging (n=12) 2) exercise in water (n=12) 3) control (n=12). Groups 1 and 2 participated in walking (jogging) and exercise in water program for 8 weeks, 3 session per week. The control group had their own daily activities and did not participate in any special kind of sports during this program. Sharpened Romberg and stick balance tests were used to measure the dynamic and static balance. Analysis covariance test (SPSS21) was used to check research hypotheses and to determine the difference among the groups. The results showed significant differences in posttest scores between experimental and control groups (P˂0.05). The results also showed that the group 1 (walking and jogging) gained more scores in dynamic and static balance than the group 2 (exercise in water). It seems that both types of the aerobic exercises especially walking and jogging are appropriate for decreasing the difficulties of this group and can be used as an exercise program in training centers.
Hanieh Ghasemian Moghadam; Mahdi Sohrabi; Hamidreza Taheri
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Balance is one of the basic important principles of learning in children, and its disorder can negatively affect learning.The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of selected motor games on balance in children with specific learning disorder. This study was semi-experimental and application ...
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Balance is one of the basic important principles of learning in children, and its disorder can negatively affect learning.The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of selected motor games on balance in children with specific learning disorder. This study was semi-experimental and application in terms of aims with pretest-posttest and a control group. 24 boys (7-9 years old) with specific learning disorder in Mashhad city were selected and assigned randomly to experimental and control groups. The experimental group performed selected motor games for 20 sessions, 30 minutes each sessions, 5 sessions per week. During this period, the control group performed its routine activities. Changes in the static balance of the subjects were measured by the Stork balance test and Sharpened Romberg test and dynamic balance of the subjects were measured by the heel-to-toe walk test and timed up-and-go test before and after the intervention. For statistical analysis, analysis of variance with repeated measures was used. Findings showed that selected motor games improved the static and dynamic balance of the experimental group. All these changes were significant in comparison with the control group (P<0.05). Based on these findings, it can be concluded that selected motor games help to improve static and dynamic balance in children with specific learning disorder.
Elham Lashani; Shahzad Tahmasebi
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the purpose of this research was the effect of visual concurrent feedback on balance ability in 7-13 years old girls. Hence, for this purpose, thirty-four girls student (ranging 7-12 years old) were participated in this study. The students were divided to three group randomly, control, closed eyes and ...
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the purpose of this research was the effect of visual concurrent feedback on balance ability in 7-13 years old girls. Hence, for this purpose, thirty-four girls student (ranging 7-12 years old) were participated in this study. The students were divided to three group randomly, control, closed eyes and mirror visual concurrent feedback groups, after stork balance test pre-test. Then, groups under interventions completed related trainings. In the present study used paired t-test for comparison of intra-group and one- way ANOVA for inter group (p≤0.05). The result of ANOVA showed that there was no significant difference between pre-test (p≥0/05). But, there was significant improvement in mirror group compared to control group (p=0.001) and closed eyes group (p=0.001). In addition to, the result of paired t-test indicated that only the mirror group has significant progress (p=0.007) in balance and the other groups have significant decrements. Therefore, concurrent feedback in children by use of a mirror to show them self can be improve their balance ability
Benyamin Ghelichpoor; Mehdi Shahbazi; Fazlolah Bagherzadeh
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The aim of this study was to investigate national jump roping plan on static and dynamic balance of students. In this study, pretest and posttest were used with two experimental and control groups for male students of fourth grade of elementary school in 2011-2012 in Baharestan city (a region in Robat ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate national jump roping plan on static and dynamic balance of students. In this study, pretest and posttest were used with two experimental and control groups for male students of fourth grade of elementary school in 2011-2012 in Baharestan city (a region in Robat Karim, Tehran). For this purpose, 60 students were selected from students of fourth grade of elementary schools in Baharestan city using multistage sampling method and were equally divided into two groups. Experimental group implemented the selected jump roping program 3 sessions a week (each session 50 min.) for 10 weeks. K–S test was used to check data normality. Independent and dependent t tests were used to analyze the data (P˂0.05). The results indicated a significant improvement in the experimental group for both static (P=0.019) and dynamic (P=0.005) balance tests. Also, the mean score of dynamic balance posttest was significantly more in the experimental group than control group (P=0.041) but such difference was not observed in the result of static balance test between the two groups (P=0.225). Based on these results, jump roping plan improved the balance of students. So this study considered the jump roping plan to be useful at schools.
Amir Shariati; Jamal Fazel Kalkhoran
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The aim of the present study was to investigate and compare the effects of twokinds of motivational and instructional self–talk on the performance of static anddynamic balance tasks in the elderly. For this purpose, 45 old subjects agedbetween 60 and 70 from Qom province participated in this study. ...
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The aim of the present study was to investigate and compare the effects of twokinds of motivational and instructional self–talk on the performance of static anddynamic balance tasks in the elderly. For this purpose, 45 old subjects agedbetween 60 and 70 from Qom province participated in this study. Static balancetask (stand on one leg) and dynamic balance task (SEBT test) were instructed withno self–talk intervention. Then, they were divided into three groups: motivationalself–talk, instructional self–talk and control. One–way analysis of variance andTukey post hoc test were used to analyze the data. The results showed a significantdifference among the groups. The result of Tukey post hoc test showed nosignificant difference in static balance task between instructional and motivationalself–talk (P>0.05). Also, in dynamic balance task, instructional self–talksignificantly improved balance function compared to motivational self–talk(P<0.05). Generally, self–talk as a cognitive strategy was effective in performingbalance tasks and motivational self–talk was preferred in dynamic balance tasks.
