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.
Mehrzad Kharestani; Mahdi Zarghami; Parvaneh Shafiniya
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of mental imagery and physical practice on dynamic balance in male patients with multiple sclerosis. This study was semi-experimental and the statistical population included male patients with multiple sclerosis in Ahvaz city in 2012 (N=300). For sampling, ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of mental imagery and physical practice on dynamic balance in male patients with multiple sclerosis. This study was semi-experimental and the statistical population included male patients with multiple sclerosis in Ahvaz city in 2012 (N=300). For sampling, Visual and Kinesthetic Imagery Questionnaire and EDSS scale were used. Finally, 33 patients with similar ability of imagery and moderate disorder in EDSS Scale were selected and randomly assigned to 3 groups: mental imagery-physical practice (n=11), mental imagery (n=11) and physical practice (as control group, n=11). The TUG test was used to assess dynamic balance in the pretest, posttest and retention test. The training protocol consisted of 3 sessions a week for 6 weeks. Posttest was performed 2 weeks after the last session of the training protocol. After investigating the data normality and variance equality, data were analyzed using one-way analysis of variance with repeated measures, one-way analysis of variance and Tukey post hoc test. The results indicated a significant difference in posttest (P=0.02) and retention (P=0.003) phases among the groups, and combined group had a better performance than the other groups during both phases. According to these results, mental imagery can be used as a practical method for the better performance of dynamic balance in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Razieh Khanmohamadi; Hasan Khalaji; Reza Yousefi
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In recent years, researchers have become interested in examining the effect of PETTLEP imagery on motor performance and how PETTLEP imagery can improve the performance. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of PETTLEP imagery and balance practice on dynamic balance in the elderly. Participants ...
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In recent years, researchers have become interested in examining the effect of PETTLEP imagery on motor performance and how PETTLEP imagery can improve the performance. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of PETTLEP imagery and balance practice on dynamic balance in the elderly. Participants were 42 male elderly in Arak city. They were divided into 4 groups based on the scores of dynamic balance pretest. In order to measure dynamic balance, Bass and Star Balance tests were used. Homogeneous training groups included PETTLEP imagery, balance practice, mixed practice (balance practice and PETTLEP imagery practice) and control group. All groups except for the control group practiced 3 sessions (each session 45 min.) a week for 6 weeks. MANOVA with repeated measures was used to analyze the data (P≤0.01). Results showed the mixed and balance practice groups significantly improved in Bass and Star dynamic balance (P=0.000, P=0.001, P=0.000, P=0.000). PETTLEP imagery and control groups showed no significant improvement in Bass and Star dynamic balance (P=0.24, P=0.53, P=0.36, P=0.28). Also, the mixed group had more improvement in Bass and Star dynamic balance than balance practice group (P=0.002, P=0.004). Overall, these results showed that PETTLEP imagery practice along with physical training improved dynamic balance in male elderly, but PETTLEP imagery alone did not affect the improvement of dynamic balance in the male elderly.
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.
Hasan Mohammadzadeh; Mohammad Ali Nazari; Mandana Heidari
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Physical balance is one of the important factors in daily sport activities.Dynamic balance helps maintain the balance of those forces imposed on body insports and an increase in this balance improves motor and sport performance. Theaim of this study was to determine the effects of neurofeedback training ...
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Physical balance is one of the important factors in daily sport activities.Dynamic balance helps maintain the balance of those forces imposed on body insports and an increase in this balance improves motor and sport performance. Theaim of this study was to determine the effects of neurofeedback training on dynamicbalance of young men. 24 male undergraduate students voluntarily participated inthis study and were involved in a double-blind design including control andexperimental groups. The experimental group participated in neurofeedbacktraining including the inhibition of brainwaves of 4-7 Hz and the reinforcement ofbrainwaves of 15-18 Hz at O1-O2 regions of the hindbrain for 10 sessions and 30minutes per session. Participants in the control group were exposed to the samecondition, but instead they were provided with sham feedback. EEG and dynamicbalance tests were administered before, at the end of the fifth and tenth sessions oftraining for both groups. The results indicated that dynamic balance significantlyimproved in the fifth session and posttest. The findings demonstrate thatneurofeedback training can enhance dynamic balance of young men. It issuggested that this training should be used to increase dynamic balance of athletes.
khadijeh Irandoust; Morteza Taheri; Ali Seghatoleslami
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of physical activity onmemory and dynamic balance of elder people. Subjects (n=15) were selected asvolunteers. The intervention was performed in an eighteen session period, threetimes a week (each session, 45 minutes). Yoga training was performed ...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of physical activity onmemory and dynamic balance of elder people. Subjects (n=15) were selected asvolunteers. The intervention was performed in an eighteen session period, threetimes a week (each session, 45 minutes). Yoga training was performed for mentalrelaxation. Wexler test was performed for memory evaluation. Seat up test wasused to test the dynamic balance. The results suggested that water-based exercisesand Yoga protocol have had a positive significant effect on memory (p=0.03) anddynamic balance. It was concluded that a selected physical activity program,especially water-based exercises has less potential for making people injured.
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.