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ArticleJournal of human kinetics2017

Balance Training Programs in Athletes - a Systematic Review.

Anna Brachman, Anna Kamieniarz, Justyna Michalska, Michał Pawłowski, Kajetan J Słomka, Grzegorz Juras

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Article in Journal of human kinetics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 authors.

Anna BrachmanDepartment of Human Motor Behavior, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical EducationKatowicePoland.
Anna KamieniarzDepartment of Human Motor Behavior, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical EducationKatowicePoland.
Justyna MichalskaDepartment of Human Motor Behavior, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical EducationKatowicePoland.
Michał PawłowskiDepartment of Human Motor Behavior, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical EducationKatowicePoland.
Kajetan J SłomkaDepartment of Human Motor Behavior, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical EducationKatowicePoland.
Grzegorz JurasDepartment of Human Motor Behavior, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical EducationKatowicePoland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has become almost routine practice to incorporate balance exercises into training programs for athletes from different sports. However, the type of training that is most efficient remains unclear, as well as the frequency, intensity and duration of the exercise that would be most beneficial have not yet been determined. The following review is based on papers that were found through computerized searches of PubMed and SportDiscus from 2000 to 2016. Articles related to balance training, testing, and injury prevention in young healthy athletes were considered. Based on a Boolean search strategy the independent researchers performed a literature review. A total of 2395 articles were evaluated, yet only 50 studies met the inclusion criteria. In most of the reviewed articles, balance training has proven to be an effective tool for the improvement of postural control. It is difficult to establish one model of training that would be appropriate for each sport discipline, including its characteristics and demands. The main aim of this review was to identify a training protocol based on most commonly used interventions that led to improvements in balance. Our choice was specifically established on the assessment of the effects of balance training on postural control and injury prevention as well as balance training methods. The analyses including papers in which training protocols demonstrated positive effects on balance performance suggest that an efficient training protocol should last for 8 weeks, with a frequency of two training sessions per week, and a single training session of 45 min. This standard was established based on 36 reviewed studies.

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injury preventionneuromuscular trainingplyometricspostural controlproprioceptive training

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PMID28828077
PMCPMC5548154

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