The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy

The Korean Society of Physical Therapy (대한물리치료학회)
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Changes of One-Leg Standing Balance of Ipsilateral and Contralateral Lower-Limb Following Unilateral Isokinetic Exercise of Ankle Joint in Young Adults

  • Son, Sung Min (Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Science, Cheongju University)
  • Received : 2015.11.25
  • Accepted : 2015.12.24
  • Published : 2015.12.25
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a four week unilateral isokinetic exercise program applied to ankle on the one-leg stance balance performance of ipsilateral and contralateral lower-limbs. Methods: Subjects were randomly assigned to either a right ankle training program (n=12) or a control group (n=12). The training group received unilateral ankle isokinetic exercise of the dominant side for 4 weeks, whereas control group did not. Ipsilateral and contralateral one-leg balance were measured before and after intervention using the Biodex Balance System. Results: Improvements of stability scores, such as APSI, MLSI, and OSI, from pre-test to post-test were significantly different greater for the training group when the control. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest unilateral ankle strengthening exercise transfers benefit to the untrained limb by a cross-education effect, and that this type of exercise should be considered to improve one-leg standing balance of trained and untrained lower-limbs.

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