CHAPTER 8 Exercise for Impaired Balance ■ ANNE D. KLOOS, PT, PhD, NCS ■ DEBORAH L. GIVENS, PT, PhD, DPT Background and Concepts 260 Impaired Balance 268 Balance Training 272 Balance: Key Terms and Sensory Input Impairments 268 Health and Environmental...
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CHAPTER 8 Exercise for Impaired Balance ■ ANNE D. KLOOS, PT, PhD, NCS ■ DEBORAH L. GIVENS, PT, PhD, DPT Background and Concepts 260 Impaired Balance 268 Balance Training 272 Balance: Key Terms and Sensory Input Impairments 268 Health and Environmental Definitions 260 Sensorimotor Integration Factors 276 Balance Control 261 Impairments 268 Evidence-Based Balance Exercise Sensory Systems and Balance Biomechanical and Motor Programs for Fall Prevention in Control 261 Output Impairments 269 the Elderly 277 Motor Strategies for Balance Deficits with Aging 269 Evidence-Based Balance Exercise Control 263 Deficits from Medications 270 Programs for Specific Balance Control Under Varying Management of Impaired Balance 270 Musculoskeletal Conditions 282 Conditions 265 Examination and Evaluation of Independent Learning Activities 284 Impaired Balance 270 L oss of balance and falling are problems that affect individ- Center of mass. The COM is a point that corresponds to the uals with a wide range
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