Effects of mental practice on the balance of healthy adults

심상 훈련이 정상성인의 균형에 미치는 효과

This study aimed to examine the effects of mental practice on normal persons' balance ability. Thirty subjects that participated in the experiment were randomly assigned to an experimental group of 15 subjects and a control group of 15 subjects. Both the experimental group and the control group underwent balance training conducted in a sitting position on a gym ball for 20 minutes per time, five times per week for four weeks and the experimental group additionally underwent mental practice for 10 minutes before balance training. After the intervention, balance measuring equipment (Good Balance, Metitur, Finland) was used to quantitatively measure balance ability. Significant differences in the post-training gains in variable of Medial-lateral, Index of balance function, Time were observed between the experimental group and the control group (p<0.05). Both Application of mental practice with balance training aimed at improving balance ability is considered to have positive effect.