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QUALITY OF BALANCE AND PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION OVER THE PRESSURE PLATFORM DURING DOUBLE -LEG STANCE IN YOUNG WOMEN

KORVAS, P.

Original Title

QUALITY OF BALANCE AND PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION OVER THE PRESSURE PLATFORM DURING DOUBLE -LEG STANCE IN YOUNG WOMEN

Type

abstract

Language

English

Original Abstract

Purpose: The objectives of the study are to determine the effect of foot pressure distribution over the pressure platform on the balance and to compare the results of balance tests in active and inactive women. Material & Methods: Subjects of our study were two groups of healthy young women. Group A: physically active women (n=28, 21.5 years, physical activity 8.8 hour/week), group B: physically inactive (n=28, 22 years, physical activity 1.3 hour/week). Three balance test we carried out: double-leg stance: eyes open (EO) and closed (EC) for 30 s., one-leg stance (R and L) for 10 s. Pressure walkway (FDM system, fi. Zebris) was used for data collection. Parameters: COPv: velocity of centre of pressure (mm/s), VGRF: vertical ground reaction forces under sole of the foot. Results: We found out that a physically active group of young women have significantly better results in all balance tests (p≤0.05). Both groups showed a similar tendency for significant deterioration of the results when limiting the support surface or limiting the visual sensor relative to the basic OE test. The differences in the distribution of pressures under the feet between the groups were significant in both the mediolateral (M-L) and anteroposterior (A-P) directions. Active women showed a balanced stance in the M-L and the A-P direction, with a slight tendency to increase the loading on the front part of foot. Inactive women more significantly loaded the non-preferred leg and the rear part of the foot. Conclusion: It was confirmed that the group B has a significantly worse characteristics of balance than physically active peers. The foot load strategy was less favourable for the group B; during EO, they load more one foot and the rear part of the foot. Acknowledgments: This study was supported by grants "Institutional developing project" (RP 90518010) of Brno University of Technology.

Keywords

balance, young women, test, physical activity, vertical ground reaction force.

Authors

KORVAS, P.

Released

25. 10. 2018

Pages from

34

Pages to

34

Pages count

1

BibTex

@misc{BUT151491,
  author="Pavel {Korvas}",
  title="QUALITY OF BALANCE AND PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION OVER THE PRESSURE PLATFORM DURING DOUBLE
-LEG STANCE IN YOUNG WOMEN
",
  year="2018",
  pages="34--34",
  note="abstract"
}