Introductionː Football soccer practice involves considerable risks of lesions, making it difficult to strike a balance between adequate preparation and the demand imposed on athletes. A high incidence postural disorders among adolescents leads questions about influence sports activity athletes' posture sagittal balance.

As a profession, speech-language pathology appears to have become interested in reflection and reflective practice as important components of clinical practice and education. however, little systematic consideration of the potential value of reflective practice within the field has been undertaken. the purpose of this paper seeks to consider how reflective practice is relevant to contemporary s...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To evaluate the evidence for strength- and balance-training programs in patients at high risk for falls, discuss how results of existing studies might guide clinical practice, and discuss directions for additional research. DATA SOURCES A search of PubMed and CINAHL® databases was conducted in June 2011 using the terms strength, balance training, falls, elderly, and neuropa...

We reanalyze some of the data used by Klots to establish an experimental basis for the claim by Gspann that clusters have a highest temperature in molecular beams. The value of this temperature is given by the evaporative activation energy and a dimensionless parameter, called the Gspann parameter. The value of the Gspann parameter we derive from the data is higher than the value found by Klots...

This article provides an overview of the physiology of calcium balance and the associated implications for practice. Understanding the physiological principles is vital to ensure patients' levels of this essential electrolyte are maintained.

[Purpose] This study was performed to investigate the changes in the body balance index when spiral taping is applied to the neck and ankle. The findings are expected to serve as evidence of the usefulness of taping the neck instead of the ankle when ankle taping is not feasible in clinical practice. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty healthy male students at A university were enrolled in this study...

For young adults, balance is essential for participation in physical activities but is often disrupted following lower extremity injury. Clinical outcome measures such as single limb balance (SLB), Y-balance (YBT), and the single limb hop and balance (SLHB) tests are commonly used to quantify balance ability following injury. Given the varying demands across tasks, it is likely that such outcom...

As society ages and the frequency of falls increases, counteracting gait and posture decline is a challenging issue for countries of the developed world. Previous studies have shown that exercise and hazard management help to improve balance and/or decrease the risks for falling in normal aging. Motor activity based on motor-skill learning, particularly dance, can also benefit balance and decre...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of practice on performance and retention of a balance task in persons with Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS Ten persons with PD and 10 age and gender-matched healthy control subjects were tested on an anticipatory, static base of support, limits of stability (LOS) balance task on a force plate. The motor learning paradigm utilized for all subjects included ...

objective sensorineural hearing loss is believed to be the result of a physiologic malfunction in the inner ear or acoustic nerve. depending on the rapidity of progression and severity, sensorineural hearing loss can be endlessly annoying, frightening and can constitute a permanent after effect. moreover, there is no surgical procedure that can reverse or lessen the severity of a sensorineural ...