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Wall sit test: The simple exercise that reveals your lower-body strength and endurance

This no-equipment move looks easy, but it can quickly expose weaknesses in your legs, posture, and core stability—making it a ...
News Medical

Innovative, wearable device can significantly improve postural control

Scientists develop an innovative device to help older individuals train their posture control, minimizing the risk of falls and associated injuries. Balance training using a wearable device to improve ...
Science Daily

Bipolar disorder and postural control: Mind-body connection suggests new directions for treatment, research

A new study suggests that postural control problems may be a core feature of bipolar disorder, not just a random symptom, and can provide insights both into areas of the brain affected by the ...
BMJ

No association between static and dynamic postural control and ACL injury risk among female elite handball and football players: a prospective study of 838 players

2 Tampere Research Center of Sports Medicine, UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland Correspondence to Dr Kathrin Steffen, Department of Sports Medicine, Oslo Sports Trauma ...
BMJ

Detecting altered postural control after cerebral concussion in athletes with normal postural stability

Objective: To determine if approximate entropy (ApEn), a regularity statistic from non-linear dynamics, could detect changes in postural control during quiet standing in athletes with normal postural ...
Simon Fraser University

The Cardio-postural Control System

Quiet stance positioning and instrumentation: (Centre) Profile view. (Left) EMG electrode. (Right, top) BP finger cuff electrode. (Right, bottom) Heel positioning on force plate. The coloured regions ...