title: Postural Stability During Standing Balance and Sit-to-Stand in Master Athlete Runners Compared With Nonathletic Old and Young Adults.
abstract: The aim of this study was to compare postural sway during a series of static balancing tasks and during five chair rises between healthy young (mean [SEM], age 26 [1] years), healthy old (age 67 [1] years) and master athlete runners (age 67 [1] years; competing and training for the previous 51 [5] years) using the Microsoft Kinect One. The healthy old had more sway than the healthy young in all balance tasks. The master athletes had similar sway to young athletes during two-leg balancing and one-leg standing with eyes open. When balancing on one leg with eyes closed, both the healthy old and the master athletes had around 17-fold more sway than the young athletes. The healthy old and master athletes also had less anterio-posterior movement during chair rising compared with young athletes. These results suggest that masters runners are not spared from the age-associated decline in postural stability and may benefit from specific balance training.
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Leightley
authors: Moi Hoon
authors: MH
authors: Yap
authors: Jessica
authors: J
authors: Coulson
authors: Mathew
authors: M
authors: Piasecki
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Cameron
authors: Yoann
authors: Y
authors: Barnouin
authors: Jon
authors: J
authors: Tobias
authors: Jamie S
authors: JS
authors: McPhee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D056352:Athletes; D005260:Female; D000073496:Frailty / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D012420:Running / Q000502:physiology*; D055948:Sarcopenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis
keywords: aging; frailty; masters athlete; mobility; sarcopenia