Objective assessment of postural balance through use of the variable resistance balance board.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate postural balance with a practical clinical assessment tool. I evaluated eight men and eight women in their 20s, using a variable resistance balance board, to determine the deviation of their average center of pressure in the anterior-posterior plane during stance. The resulting data were compared with the average center of pressure deviation of eight men in their 20s as measured by Murray et al with a force platform. The difference between the two men's groups was not statistically significant (p less than .05). These findings suggest that physical therapists may determine average center of pressure data and may assign progressive balance tasks that match any patient's level of center of pressure control.
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D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011187:Posture