Immediate effect of lower trunk movement and imagined lower trunk movement training on balance and trunk position sense in healthy adults

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Kanokwan Srisupornkornkool

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Objectives: To investigate the immediate effects of lower trunk exercise and imagined lower trunk exercise on balance and trunk position perception in healthy young adults. Materials and Methods: Forty-two participants were recruited into this study and randomly divided into 3 groups, including lower trunk exercise (LTE; n = 14), imagined lower trunk exercise (ILTE; n = 14) and lower trunk exercise with imagined lower trunk exercise (LTE + ILTE; n = 14) for 15 minutes. Static balance, trunk position sense and dynamic balance were assessed during pre and immediately post training. Results: There were no significant difference in static balance, trunk position sense and dynamic balance within and between groups (p > 0.05), whereas trunk position sense of ILTE group was lower than LTE group (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Immediately three type of lower trunk exercise were similar improvement in static and dynamic balance.

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