Balance Ability Measure

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A Balance Ability Measure is an biomechanic ability measure to maintain the line of gravity (vertical line from centre of mass) of a body within the base of support with minimal postural sway.



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2022

  • (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/balance_(ability) Retrieved:2022-6-21.
    • Balance in biomechanics, is an ability to maintain the line of gravity (vertical line from centre of mass) of a body within the base of support with minimal postural sway. Sway is the horizontal movement of the centre of gravity even when a person is standing still. A certain amount of sway is essential and inevitable due to small perturbations within the body (e.g., breathing, shifting body weight from one foot to the other or from forefoot to rearfoot) or from external triggers (e.g., visual distortions, floor translations). An increase in sway is not necessarily an indicator of dysfunctional balance so much as it is an indicator of decreased sensorimotor control.[1]
  1. Davidson BS, Madigan ML, Nussbaum MA (October 2004). “Effects of lumbar extensor fatigue and fatigue rate on postural sway". European Journal of Applied Physiology. 93 (1–2): 183–189. doi:10.1007/s00421-004-1195-1. PMID 15549370. S2CID 10343160.

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