2016/10/11 by Erika Zemková, Oľga Kyselovičová, Ol'ga Kyselovičová +11
Health Professions · Mathematics · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Balance (ability) #Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention #Body mass index #Center of pressure (fluid mechanics) #Effects of Vibration on Health #Eyes open #Internal medicine #Mathematics #Medicine #Overweight #Physical medicine and rehabilitation #Physical therapy #Physics #Psychology #Resistance training #Vestibular and auditory disorders
paper · doi:10.1080/00222895.2016.1219307
openalex publication_date 2016/10/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25
The authors evaluated the effect of 3 months of resistance and aerobic training (3 sessions/week) on body balance in a group of 25 overweight and obese individuals. Prior to and after the training, they performed static and task-oriented balance tests under various conditions. Mean center of pressure (CoP) velocity and mean trace length of the CoP in the y-axis registered during a one-legged stance significantly decreased after the resistance training (19.1%, p = .024; 29.3%, p = .009). Mean trace length of the CoP in the y-axis decreased significantly also during a bipedal stance on a foam surface with eyes open and closed (10.9%, p = .040; 18.2%, p = .027). In addition, mean CoP distance and mean squared CoP distance in the anteroposterior direction during a visually guided center of mass (CoM) tracking task significantly improved (14.7%, p = .033; 28.2%, p = .016). However, only mean trace length of the CoP in the y-axis during a bipedal stance on a foam surface with eyes open and closed significantly decreased after the aerobic training (10.3%, p = .047; 16.5%, p = .029). It may be concluded that resistance training is more efficient for the improvement of the anteroposterior unilateral stability and the accuracy of the regulation of the CoM anteroposterior position than aerobic training in overweight and obese individuals.