Effect of Mental Practice Combined with Physical Practice on Balance in the Community-Dwelling Elderly
| Autor: | Glenna Batson Pt, DSc, Ma, Chris McBride Spt, Rebecca Feltman Spt, Jennifer Waring Spt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Wilcoxon signed-rank test Physical exercise Health Professions (miscellaneous) Gait Test (assessment) Physical medicine and rehabilitation Motor imagery Berg Balance Scale medicine Physical therapy Health education Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychology human activities Gerontology Balance (ability) |
| Zdroj: | Activities, Adaptation & Aging. 31:1-18 |
| ISSN: | 1544-4368 0192-4788 |
| Popis: | Objectives. This study is designed to test the effects of a 6-week trial of mental practice of motor imagery (MP) on balance and gait in community-dwelling elderly. Methods. Six elderly females were recruited from a community-assisted living center and randomly assigned 2 groups. The experimental group received 20 minutes of mental practice of motor imagery, while the control group received 20 minutes of health education, before assembling together for 20 minutes of physical exercise. The study lasted for 6 weeks, 12 intervention sessions, with each intervention session lasting for 1 hour. Pretest-Posttest outcome measures included the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Timed Up and Go (TUG), and Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC). Results. Compliance was excellent. Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks test for the TUG were significant (Z = 2.2, p = .02) for increases in gait speed for the group as a whole. Improvements were measured in dynamic measures of balance on the BBS, but all outcome measures wer... |
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