The purpose of the research was to evaluate the efficiency of body balance regulation in the elderly and verify whether physical activity in adolescence could influence later physical efficiency. Research was carried out on 62 persons aged between 65 and 96 years of age. Fifty people declared that they undertook physical activity in adolescence, while 12 reported no activity. Stabilographic exa...

For a sustainable forest management, a sitespecific knowledge on the water balance is a prerequisite. A simple and popular field method for assessing the water balance of forest sites is based on overlaying relief and soil information. Furthermore, climatic influence on the water balance is often restricted to longtime average values of precipitation and air temperature (whole year and/or growi...

The balance of dietary monovalent electrolytes has been reported to affect many performance-related parameters. When the balance is expressed as Na+K-Cl value in meq per kg of diet, growth rate, eggshell quality, calcification of bone (re: tibia1 dyschondroplasia) and the utilization of arginine in the presence of excess lysine in.poultry is favored by a balance of 200-300 meq per kg of diet. I...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and acceleration of postural sway in the Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction and Balance (CTSIB) by using a triaxial accelerometer for quantitative assessment. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-seven stroke patients participated in this study. Balance ability was evaluated with the BBS, and po...

An evolutionary algorithm is an optimization process comprising two important aspects: exploration discovers potential offspring in new search regions; and exploitation utilizes promising solutions already identified. Intelligent balance between these two aspects may drive the search process towards better fitness results and/or faster convergence rates. Yet, how and when to control the balance...

There are complex interactions between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system inputs to the sinus node. The concept of "sympathovagal balance" reflects the autonomic state resulting from the sympathetic and parasympathetic influences. Despite widespread usage of a variety of heart rate (HR) variability parameters as indexes of sympathovagal balance, no index has been validated as a ...

CONTEXT There is limited information on the effects of different warm-up periods on proprioception and balance in the context of injury prevention. OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of warm-up exercises on knee proprioception and balance and to compare the effectiveness of warming up periods. DESIGN Pretest/posttest. SETTING Research laboratory. PARTICIPANTS 30 healthy subjects (19 wom...

The mean values of the radiation balance of the earth's surface, the atmosphere, and the earth-atmosphere system as a whole are well established. However, this does not apply to the parameters of local areas of the earth's surface and the atmosphere above them. The radiation balance of such local objects experiences considerable variations depending on the spatiotemporal distribution of cloud a...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to assess the effects of 8 weeks of Wii Fit balance game training on the balance abilities of students with intellectual disabilities. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-four students with intellectual disabilities were selected and randomly divided into Wii Fit balance game training, physical education, and sedentary activity groups. The Wii Fit balance game trai...