title: The Effects of Diverse Warm-up Exercises on Balance.
abstract: [Purpose] To examine how stretching, plyometric, and treadmill exercises influence the dynamic balance necessary for sports activities. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-two healthy subjects participated in this study. The subjects conducted stretching, plyometric exercises, and treadmill walking for set times over a period of three days. The subjects' dynamic balance was then measured. The measurements were taken prior to the intervention, immediately after the intervention, and 20 minutes after the intervention. All the intervention times were set at 16 minutes, excluding resting times. The data were analyzed with using the two-way ANOVA. [Results] There was no interaction between exercises and time. There were no statistical differences among the exercises and no statistical differences in changes over time. [Conclusion] This study found that warm-up exercises such as plyometric exercises, stretching, and treadmill walking have no effect on the dynamic of balance in healthy subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Pusan, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kanghoon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Dong-Eui Institute of Technology, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Taesik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Dong-Eui Institute of Technology, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Giyeob
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Dong-Eui Institute of Technology, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sanghun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Dong-Eui Institute of Technology, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sungpil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Dong-Eui Institute of Technology, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sunyoung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
keywords: Plyometric; Stretching; Treadmill walking