Balance Training Programs in Athletes – A Systematic Review

Brachman, Anna; Kamieniarz, Anna; Michalska, Justyna; Pawłowski, M.; Słomka, Kajetan J.; Juras, Grzegorz

doi:10.1515/hukin-2017-0088

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“…Balance is an ability to place the center of gravity through the base of support [13]. Balance system continuously takes assistance from the structures of visual, vestibular, somatosensorial to maintain proper body position [14].…”

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Relationship between Functional Movement Screen and Athletic Performance in Children Tennis Players

Yıldız¹

2018

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FMS is one of the test battery that is used very common recently. Asymmetries and limitations of the functional movement patterns could be detected with this test battery. Study's purpose was to evaluate the relationship between FMS and athletic performance parameters in prepubertal children. 28 male children voluntarily participated in the study (Age: 9.6 ± 0.7 years, Height: 134.1 ± 6.8 cm, Weight: 31.3 ± 4.1 kg, and Training Duration: 3.1 ± 1.3 years). In study's results, a very significant relationship was found between FMS and static and dynamic balance and flexibility and CMJ (p<0.01). A significant relationship was found between FMS and agility and acceleration (p<0.05). Athletic performance parameters may predict with FMS test battery in prepubertal children. After athletic performance predicted if the quality of functional movement patterns are improved next stages of development may increase children's tennis performance.

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“…This ability is performed both static and dynamic and has a unique place for the sports performance [14]. Balance is used to evaluate various abilities [13]. [13].…”

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Relationship between Functional Movement Screen and Athletic Performance in Children Tennis Players

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2018

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“…The most effective type of balance training and its frequency, intensity, and duration are yet to be determined. It is difficult to create a training model that would be appropriate for every sport discipline, including its characteristics and demands [7]. On the other hand, there is an ongoing debate in the literature about the effect of balance training on the performance, balance improvement, and prevention of injuries of the athletes [8].…”

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The effects of 8 week balance training on the kayaking performance of the beginners

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Eroğlu

2018

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To analyze the effects of a special 8-week balance-training program on the static and dynamic balance values and on kayak specific balance values of female candidate athletes who are new to kayaking. Material: The study included 25 volunteer healthy young women (mean age: 14.92 ±0.39 years, mean weight: 58.47 ±11.28 kg, mean height: 165.68 ±3.84 cm, mean body fat: 27 ± 7.61%); they were randomly divided into two groups as intervention (n=15) and control (n=10). The intervention group had a special 40-minute balance training (10-min warm-up and 30-min proprioceptive exercises) 3 days a week. The control group had their traditional training scheme only (initial 10-min run for warm-up, 40-min ergometer exercise and strength training, 10-min stretching; after 1 month, 10-min warm-up, 4x10-min technical training in water with 5-min rest between sets, technical training in water for 3 km, 20-min stretching). Along with these, both groups had "technical kayak training" 2 days a week. Static and dynamic balance measurements were done with Prokin Tecnobody Isokinetic balance measurement device; kayak-specific balance measurements were done on specially designed kayak prototype and on standard race kayak (K1). Results: An improvement was found in the static and dynamic balance values of both groups as well as their kayakspecific balance values. It was found that the improvements in static and dynamic balance and especially in kayak-specific balance measured on the prototype kayak (х =17.8-82.4%) and standard race kayak (х =36.2) were significantly higher in the intervention group (p<0.05). Conclusions: It was found that the 8-week-long special balance training had positive effects on kayaking balance performance of the beginners.

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“…The adequate and immediate motor reaction to a changing visual stimulus can be seen as a hallmark of an athlete’s adaptability. In this perspective, balance and visuomotor reaction time are two very important and strongly related components of sports performance, and are also correlated to (recurrent) injury risk in a sports context [8, 16–18]. Although reaction time and balance can be measured separately in functional tests [19, 20], a functional test that combines balance and visuomotor reaction time coupled to environmental perception is currently lacking within the clinician-friendly testing repertoire.…”

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Bringing context to balance: development of a reactive balance test within the injury prevention and return to sport domain

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Background Balance tests are commonly used in clinical practice with applicability in injury prevention and return to sport decisions. While most sports injuries occur in a changing environment where reacting to a non-planned stimulus is of great importance, these balance tests only evaluate pre-planned movements without taking these dynamics environmental aspects into account. Therefore, the goal of this paper was to develop a clinician-friendly test that respects these contextual interactions and to describe the test protocol of an adapted Y-balance test that includes environmental perception and decision-making. Methods Within the theoretical construct of balance and adaptability, balance errors were selected as outcome measures for balance ability and, visuomotor reaction time and accuracy are selected as outcome measures for adaptability. A reactive balance task was developed and described using the Y-balance test for the balance component, while the FitLight training system TM was chosen for the environmental perception and decision-making component of the test. Results This paper describes the test protocol of a reactive balance test as an adapted Y-balance test. The LED-lights of the FitLight training systemTM are placed at 80% of the maximal reach distance for each axis along the Y-Balance test kitTM. To induce cognitive load within the visuomotor task, colours were fixed to a corresponding axis, and both the order of the visual stimuli as the interstimulus time were randomised to integrate environmental perception and decision-making. Conclusion The reactive balance test is a functional test that allows clinicians to score balance ability and athlete adaptability easily.

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Balance Training Programs in Athletes – A Systematic Review

Cited by 89 publications

References 82 publications

Relationship between Functional Movement Screen and Athletic Performance in Children Tennis Players

Relationship between Functional Movement Screen and Athletic Performance in Children Tennis Players

The effects of 8 week balance training on the kayaking performance of the beginners

Bringing context to balance: development of a reactive balance test within the injury prevention and return to sport domain

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