by susan@yaharatherapy.com | Nov 19, 2023 | Dance, Dual-tasking, News, Practice, Uncategorized
What are the steps you can take to improve your balance? Why is dance so good for your balance? Get the answers in this video! Ballroom Basics for Balance can help – come dance with us!
by jessparvin | Mar 29, 2021 | Balance Tests and Measures, Dual-tasking, Falls, Practice, Seniors
Patima Silsupadol, PT, PhD, Anne Shumway-Cook, PT, PhD, Vipul Lugade, MS, Paul van Donkelaar, PhD,Li-Shan Chou, PhD, Ulrich Mayr, PhD, Marjorie H. Woollacott, PhDSummary:Dual-task training is effective in improving gait speed under dual-task conditions in elderly...
by jessparvin | Mar 29, 2021 | Balance Tests and Measures, Dance, Dual-tasking, Falls, Practice
Michèle Mattle, MSc, MPH; Patricia O. Chocano-Bedoya, MD, PhD; Melanie Fischbacher, MSc; Ursina Meyer, PhD; Lauren A. Abderhalden, PhD; Wei Lang, PhD; Richard Mansky, MD; Reto W. Kressig, MD; Johann Steurer, MD; E. John Orav, PhD; Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari, MD,...
by jessparvin | Mar 29, 2021 | Balance Tests and Measures, Dual-tasking, Falls, Practice, Seniors
Luz A. Varela-Vásquez, Eduard Minobes-Molina, Javier Jerez-RoigSummary:Considerable attention has recently focused on the role of dual-task exercises (DT) in the older adult. The aim was to conduct a review to describe the dual-task exercises that have been shown to...
by jessparvin | Jan 21, 2020 | Balance Tests and Measures, Community-Based, Falls, Practice, Seniors, Tai Chi
Betty Chewning, PhD, Dale Wilson, MA, Jane E Mahoney, MD, Kristine M Hallisy, PT, DSc, Nisaratana Sangasubana, PhD, Ronald Gangnon, PhD Summary: Falls among older adults is a pressing public health challenge. Considerable research documents that longer tai chi...
by jessparvin | Nov 2, 2018 | Balance Tests and Measures, Community-Based, Falls, Practice, Seniors
Tiffany E. Shubert, Matthew L. Smith, Lavina Goto, Luohua Jiang, Marcia G. OrySummary:Otago Exercise Program (OEP) is a fall prevention program that consists of 5 warm-up exercises and 17 strength and balance exercises, which are progressed over the course of the...
