Balance Exercises For Amputees

Balance Exercises Help Amputees

Balance exercises are usually the focus of individuals over 60 years old. Balance exercises can also help folks with disease processes like diabetes or cancer. Now, with the ongoing military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of our soldiers are returning from the field as amputees. Consequently, balance exercises are extremely important for them to practice daily. See
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New Research On Balance Exercises For Amputees

Balance exercises and amputees have been a recent focus of research. Erbahc¸eci F., Yig?iter K., S¸ener G., Bayar K. and U¨lger O. in their study, Balance Training in amputees: Comparison of the outcome of two rehabilitation approaches, looked at balance exercises and balance training for amputees. Introduction: Since the primary purpose of lower limb amputee rehabilitation is safe and functional ambulation, problems in postural stability have a negative effect on prosthetic rehabilitation. The study presented here was performed to research the effectiveness of two training procedures on the balance of below-knee amputees. Material and Methods: Forty amputees with a mean age of 40 years were participated in this study. Control and study groups were consisted from twenty amputees each. Amputees in the study group were treated with balancing activities using balance board and audio-visual stimulus, while strengthening, posture and parallel bar activities were given to control group as conventional approach. Results: Finally an important difference was found between the pre and post treatment values of balance on single foot while eyes were opened and closed in favor of the study group. Conclusion: Consequently, it can be said that using balance board in balance training is an effective way of achieving adequate balance in amputees.

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