Chapter 17 Balance Training Concepts

Question 1

What is important about balance trainings

Answer 1

Improve performance, resistant to injury and rehabilitation.

Question 2

Define balance

Answer 2

To control body position based on center of gravity

Question 3

What are the different types of balance? Define them

Answer 3

Static (what it sounds like), semi dynamic (the base of support is moving), dynamic (ever changing base of support)

Question 4

What are the balance mechanisms

Answer 4

Vision, somato sensation, vestibular senses

Question 5

What hase balance training been proven to improve?

Answer 5

Performance, reduce injury

Question 6

Can balance training reduce the risk of falls in healthy older adults

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

What should fitness professionals keep in mind when design a training regimen

Answer 7

Design a progressive training program, especially for those with a history of falls or injury

Question 8

What variables are manipulated during balance training program

Answer 8

Planes, ROM, SOM proprioceptive environment

Question 9

Balance training progression 1

Answer 9

Have little to no motion in joint of balance leg. To increase reflexive autonomic muscle contractions to increase joint stability

Question 10

Balance training progression 2

Answer 10

Involve eccentric and concentric movement of the balance leg through a full ROM. Include multi plane lunges or single leg movement

Question 11

Balance training progression 3

Answer 11

This involves to develop proper deceleration ability to move the body from a dynamic state to a controlled stationary position