the role of regular physical and mental practice on motor control and motor execution strategies. Regular Yoga practitioners undergo body and mind exercises, which facilitate and actively stabilize mechanically unstable positions, such as single-leg stance, while the upper body assumes unusual
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Postural Control Adaptations in Yoga Single-Leg Support Postures: Comparison Between Practitioners and Nonpractitioners
Dafne Pires Pinto, Pedro Vieira Sarmet Moreira, and Luciano Luporini Menegaldo
A Comparison of Ballet Dancers With Different Level of Experience in Performing Single-Leg Stance on Retiré Position
Chia-Wei Lin, Cheng-Feng Lin, Bih-Jen Hsue, and Fong-Chin Su
The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the postural stability of singleleg standing on the retiré position in ballet dancers having three different levels of skill. Nine superior experienced female ballet dancers, 9 experienced, and 12 novice dancers performed single-leg standing in the retiré position. The parameters of center of pressure (COP) in the anterior-posterior and medial-lateral directions and the maximum distance between COP and the center of mass (COM) were measured. The inclination angles of body segments (head, torso, and supporting leg) in the frontal plane were also calculated. The findings showed that the novice dancers had a trend of greater torso inclination angles than the experienced dancers but that the superior experienced dancers had greater maximum COM-COP distance in the anterior-posterior direction. Furthermore, both experienced and novice dancers had better balance when standing on the nondominant leg, whereas the superior experienced dancers had similar postural stability between legs. Based on the findings, ballet training should put equal focus on both legs and frontal plane control (medial-lateral direction) should be integrated to ballet training program.
Bimanual Coordination in a Whole-Body Dynamic Balance Sport, Slacklining: A Comparison of Novice and Expert
Kentaro Kodama, Hideo Yamagiwa, and Kazuhiro Yasuda
single-leg standing on a slackline. Stein and Mombaur compared the performance of novice and expert participants to extract potential performance indicators for stability in slacklining ( Stein & Mombaur, 2019 ). They found that experts control their angular momentum more precisely, balance mainly in the
Does 8 Weeks of Integrated Functional Core and Plyometric Training Improve Postural Control Performance in Young Rhythmic Gymnasts?
Cristina Cabrejas, Jose Morales, Mónica Solana-Tramunt, Ainhoa Nieto-Guisado, Alesander Badiola-Zabala, and Josep Campos-Rius
) (version 3.1, Kistler). Calibration of the system was performed according to the recommendations included in the MARS software. Single-Leg Stance Test The single-leg stance test (SLST) is a nonspecific RG balance test ( Zumbrunn et al., 2011 ). Participants were asked to maintain their balance while
Should Ballet Dancers Vary Postures and Underfoot Surfaces When Practicing Postural Balance?
Nili Steinberg, Gordon Waddington, Roger Adams, Janet Karin, and Oren Tirosh
; Paillard & Noe, 2006 ). Previously, static PB was measured mainly during single-leg standing ( Clark, Bell, Feller, Whitehead, & Webster, 2016 ; Fernandes et al., 2016 ), whereas dynamic PB was measured following perturbation ( Duncan, Ingram, Mansfield, Byrne, & McIlroy, 2016 ; Hiller, Kilbreath
Validation of Dance-Specific Balance Test: Evidence From Comparisons Between Dancers and Nondancers
Muhammad Ridhuan Johari, Ying Hwa Kee, and Pui Wah Kong
fitness test protocol developed by Redding et al. ( 2009 ). A trial was considered invalid if, beyond the point of landing, the participant: (a) displaced his standing leg, (b) touched the floor with the contralateral leg, or (c) if arm movement was used to regain balance. In the single-leg balancing
The Effects of Various Cognitive Tasks Including Working Memory, Visuospatial, and Executive Function on Postural Control in Patients With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
Fatemeh Emami, Hossein Negahban, Ehsan Sinaei, Neda Mostafaee, Behnaz Shahtahmassebi, Mohammad Hossein Ebrahimzadeh, and Mohammad Mehravar
postural sway parameters between ACL-reconstructed athletes and healthy adults when added an attention task (focusing on a planar leveling app in a smartphone embedded in a wobble board) and a continuous cognitive task (three-digit sequence) to single-leg stance on a wobble board placed on a force plate
Are Men and Women Equally Affected by Load Carriage While Landing? Analysis of Balance in Spanish Infantry Soldiers
Eva Orantes-Gonzalez and J. Heredia-Jimenez
postural sway ( Heller et al., 2009 ). Similarly, Sell et al. ( 2013 ) found a decrease in dynamic postural stability during single-leg landings among individuals wearing body armor. With heavier loads, such as 47%–64% BW, similar results have been reported, with increases in the peak forces and the forces
Correlations of Postural Stability to Proprioception, Tactile Sensation, and Strength Among People With Chronic Ankle Instability
Yanhao Liu, Qipeng Song, Ziyin Liu, Shiyu Dong, Claire Hiller, Daniel T.P. Fong, and Peixin Shen
and dynamic postural stability have commonly been evaluated by single leg standing ( Liu et al., 2023 ) and jump-landing ( Ross et al., 2009 ) tests, respectively, in people with CAI. The root mean square of center of pressure (CoP-RMS) is associated with either the displacement or the velocity of the
Dominant and Nondominant Leg Kinematics During Kicking in Young Soccer Players: A Cross-Sectional Study
Francesco Frontani, Marco Prenassi, Viviana Paolini, Giovanni Formicola, Sara Marceglia, and Francesca Policastro
Sports & Exercise, 36 ( 6 ), 1017 – 1028 . https://doi.org/10.1249/01.MSS.0000128147.01979.31 Krombholz , D. , Daniel , L. , Leinen , P. , Muehlbauer , T. , & Panzer , S. ( 2020 ). The role of anthropometric parameters on single-leg balance performance in young sub-elite soccer players
