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Title: | Effect of instability and bodyweight neuromuscular training on dynamic balance control in active young adults |
Authors: | Gonçalves, Carla Bezerra, Pedro Clemente, Filipe Manuel Vila-Chã, Carolina Leão, César Brandão, António Cancela, José M. |
Keywords: | Balance control Y balance test Training Unstable surface Universitarians |
Issue Date: | 29-Nov-2020 |
Citation: | Gonçalves, C., Bezerra, P., Clemente, F.M., Vila-Chã, C., Leão, C., Brandão, A. & Cancela, J.M. (2020). Effect of instability and bodyweight neuromuscular training on dynamic balance control in active young adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(23). Doi: 10.3390/ijerph17238879 |
Abstract: | The aims of this study were to analyse the effects of unstable and stable bodyweight neuromuscular training on dynamic balance control and to analyse the between-group differences after the training period. Seventy-seven physically active young adults (48 males, 29 females, 19.1 ± 1.1 years, 170.2 ± 9.2 cm, 64.1 ± 10.7 kg) were distributed into an unstable training group (UTG), a stable training group (STG), and a control group (CG). Training was conducted three times a week for nine weeks. Pre-intervention and post-intervention measures included dynamic balance control using a Y Balance Test (YBT), anterior (A), posteromedial (PM), and posterolateral (PL) reach direction. A mixed ANOVA was executed to test the within-subjects factor and the between-subjects factor. Statistically significant differences were found for all YBT measures within groups (p = 0.01) and between groups (p = 0.01). After the intervention, UTG and STG presented meaningfully improved results in all YBT measures (A: 7%, p = 0.01; 4%, p = 0.02, PM: 8%, p = 0.01; 5%, p = 0.01, PL: 8%, p = 0.01; 4%, p = 0.04, respectively). No statistical changes were found for any of the measures in the CG. After the intervention, significant differences were observed between the UTG and CG for the YBTA and PM (p = 0.03; p = 0.01). The results suggest that neuromuscular training using an unstable surface had similar effects on dynamic balance control as training using a stable surface. When compared to CG, UTG showed better performance in YBTA and PM. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11960/3053 |
ISSN: | 16617827 1660-4601 |
Appears in Collections: | ESDL - Artigos indexados à WoS/Scopus |
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