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The Influence of Balance Training on Regulation of Postural Balance in Physically Active Girls

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The aim of this research was to study the influence of balance training on the regulation of balance of monopedal posture in young physically active girls (n = 26, 17–21 years old). For 10 weeks (3 times a week), 13 girls trained according to the program of training the ability to maintain balance in postures on unstable (balance simulators) supports limited in area, while another 13 girls were in the Control group. The stability of monopedal stance was analyzed by the speed and area of fluctuations in the common center of pressure (COP) in static (in a stance on a fixed stabiloplatform with open (OEs) and closed (CEs) eyes) and semi-dynamic conditions (in a stance at low OEs and CEs and high seesaw with CEs). Strength abilities of the thigh muscles and extensibility of the calf muscles were recorded using functional tests. Proprioceptive sensitivity was defined as a reproduction error of straight body tilt in the ankle joint. Compared with the Control group, the trained girls showed a significant increase in the strength endurance of hip extensors and flexors, the accuracy of reproduction of vertical body tilt, as well as the posture stability in monopedal stance in static and semi-dynamic positions only with CEs. The effect size of balance training was greatest in improving the postural stability on the seesaw with CEs. The suggested mechanisms for improving postural stability are an increase in the strength abilities of the leg muscles and the specific proprioceptive sensitivity of postural system.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Authors are grateful to Mikhail Vadimovich Gruzdev, the chancellor of Ushiknskii State Pedagogic University, Yaroslavl, for technical support in the organization of experiment.

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The study was performed on a proactive basis for thesis research with no funding of research grants.

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  1. Russian University of Sport “GTSOLIFK”, Moscow, Russia

    A. A. Melnikov

  2. Ushinskii State Pedagogical University, Yaroslavl, Russia

    P. A. Smirnova

  3. Cherepovets State University, Cherepovets, Russia

    A. M. Fedorov

  4. Yaroslavl State Medical University, Yaroslavl, Russia

    M. V. Malakhov

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A.A. Melnikov elaborated the idea and general concept of trial, wrote the paper. P.A. Smirnova organized the experiments, performed sample selection, conducted stabilographic measurements, and primary data processing. A.M. Fedorov organized the experiments, performed functional tests, and manipulated with the primary data. M.V. Malakhov organized the experiments, performed statistical processing, and wrote the manuscript.

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Ethics approval. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee of Ushinskii State Pedagogic University, Yaroslavl (protocol no. 12, December 27, 2019), and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments.

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Melnikov, A.A., Smirnova, P.A., Fedorov, A.M. et al. The Influence of Balance Training on Regulation of Postural Balance in Physically Active Girls. Hum Physiol 49, 513–524 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119723600017

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