SD = Standard Deviation, NDT = Navicular Drop Test, NDT Stance = Navicular Drop Test Stance, NDT SL-S = Navicular Drop Test Single Limb-Stance, AJD = Ankle Joint Dorsiflexion, MTP I = First Metatarsophalangeal Joint, CI = Confidence Interval, † = significant difference between males and females (p < 0.05).
These parameters are frequently determined with the navicular drop test (NDT) Stance and Single Limb-Stance, the Ankle Joint Dorsiflexion-test, and the extension MTP1-test in a healthy population.
For both, male and female participants, investigation of the data show ceiling effects for the balance test (tandem stance).
From the results obtained from this test, unilateral stance duration was also observed in isolation, to compare any changes to results from previous Tai Chi studies which have utilised single-leg stance as a test of balance (Hartman et al 2000; Song et al 2003).
Posture, pull test, balance during stance, single limb stance, tandem stance, turning, toe walking and functional reach had significant correlation with Balance Master data (R=0.46 1).
Also a moderate correlation coefficient was found between the sway parameters measured by the quantitative posturography system and the two functional balance assessment tests, the single leg stance test and the functional reach test.
Fifty-four 10–14 year-olds from the CHAMPS-Study DK performed four different balance tests: bilateral stance with eyes open (1), unilateral stance on dominant (2) and non-dominant leg (3) with eyes open, and bilateral stance with eyes closed (4).
Equation (8) can also be elicited in the following system of equations that this study tested: (9) stance = 100 ϕ, swing = 100 ϕ 2, double support = 100 ϕ 3. From a mathematical point of view, all the above equations are strictly dependent on each other.
Performance tests include the timed 20-metre walk, timed get up and go, sit-to-stand-to-sit, step tests and single stance balance test.
The "one leg stance" test is testing lateral flexion and rotation control.
Intervention: Postural sway measures under a two-legged stance test on two separate test days: day 1, pretest; day 2, posttest, administered after a 6-week aquatic exercise program.
