title: Influence of training on maintenance of equilibrium on a tilting platform.
abstract: To assess the influence of training on the maintenance of equilibrium on a tilting platform, 13 young healthy male athletes aged 19 to 33 years were randomly divided into experimental (n=7) and control (n=6) groups. Two experimental sessions were performed before and after a specific 4-wk. training by the experimental group. Subjects stood upright on a tilting platform. The athletes were asked to maintain the platform as horizontal as possible during a 30-sec. test. The three-dimensional movements of the platform versus the ground were recorded by using a computerized optoelectronic digitiser. The platform plane was calculated and its directrix computed. The area of oscillation and instantaneous angular velocity of the directrix at standardized height were calculated. In both groups the area of oscillation and the angular velocity were reduced in Session 2, but the reduction was significant only in the experimental group. Specific training can significantly improve skill at maintaining equilibrium in young healthy sport performers.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Functional Anatomy of the Locomotor Apparatus, ISEF Lombardia, Functional Anatomy Research Center, Department of Human Anatomy, University of Milano, Italy. FARC@unimi.it
authors.forename: Chiarella
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sforza
authors.forename: Gian Piero
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Grassi
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turci
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fragnito
authors.forename: Giuliano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pizzini
authors.forename: Virgilio F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Ferrario
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006112:Gravitation; D006801:Humans; D007699:Kinesthesis; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D009949:Orientation; D004856:Postural Balance; D011187:Posture; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011434:Proprioception; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology*