BACKGROUND AND AIMS Programs designed to improve balance in older adults may function by improving general fitness (strength, endurance, range of motion) and also changing the attentional demands of postural control. Research in previously sedentary older adults cannot differentiate between changes in balance ability resulting from improved fitness or reduced attentional demands. A training pro...

[Purpose] The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of ankle joint muscle strengthening and proprioceptive exercises accompanied by functional electrical stimulation on stroke patients' balance ability. [Methods] For six weeks beginning in April 2015, 22 stroke patients receiving physical therapy at K Hospital located in Gyeonggi-do were divided into a functional electrical st...

[Purpose] This research was conducted to investigate the effects of modified trampoline training on the balance, gait, and falls efficacy of stroke patients. [Subjects] Twenty-four stroke patients participated in this study. The subjects were randomly allocated to one of two groups: the trampoline group (n=12) or the control group (n=12). [Methods] Both groups participated in conventional physi...

Background and Study Aim. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects CoBAgi Training which apply neuromuscular training, sport specific movements that couple with perturbation variation on coordination, dynamic balance agility among adolescent handball players.
 Material Methods. Quantitative randomized controlled trials quasi-experimental design pretest posttest evaluation used f...

OBJECTIVE Discuss the effect of rhythmic auditory stimulation with visual stimuli on motor and balance function in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). PATIENTS AND METHODS One hundred and sixteen patients with PD participated in this study. The control group used a routine drug treatment for eight weeks. The comprehensive treatment group used conventional drug treatment with sound rhythm ...

Patients with β-thalassemia require iron chelation therapy to protect against progressive iron overload and non-transferrin-bound iron. Some patients fail to respond adequately to deferoxamine and deferasirox monotherapy while others have side effects which limit their use of these drugs. Since combining deferiprone and deferoxamine has an additive effect, placing all patients into net negative...

It is necessary to detect complex force and torque components of three-dimensional space in research and manufacture, therefore the multi-axis force and torque sensors are developed rapidly. For examples, the six-axis wrist force/torque sensor for robot assembling and automated polishing [1,2], the multi-component strain gauge balance for wind tunnel testing to determine loads on models [3], th...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to examine the relationships among vitamin D levels, balance, falls, muscular strength, and quality of life in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis. [Subjects and Methods] Forty-six patients diagnosed with postmenopausal osteoporosis and forty-six healthy controls were included in the study. Bone mineral density was determined by DEXA, and functional bal...