A balance and proprioception intervention programme to enhance combat performance in military personnel
| العنوان: | A balance and proprioception intervention programme to enhance combat performance in military personnel |
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| المؤلفون: | O Tirosh, T Jacob, Daniel Ben-Dov, E Yanovich, Shany Funk, N Steinberg |
| المصدر: | Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. 164:52-57 |
| بيانات النشر: | BMJ, 2017. |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Physical fitness, Intervention group, medicine.disease_cause, Weight-bearing, Random Allocation, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Intervention (counseling), Postural Balance, medicine, Humans, Israel, Exercise, Work Performance, Balance (ability), Proprioception, business.industry, 030229 sport sciences, General Medicine, Military personnel, Military Personnel, Physical therapy, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| الوصف: | BackgroundOptimal functioning of the lower extremities under repeated movements on unstable surfaces is essential for military effectiveness. Intervention training to promote proprioceptive ability should be considered in order to limit the risk for musculoskeletal injuries. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a proprioceptive intervention programme on static and dynamic postural balance among Israel Defense Forces combat soldiers.MethodsTwenty-seven male soldiers, aged 18–20 years, from a physical fitness instructor’s course, were randomly divided into two groups matched by age and army unit. The intervention group (INT) underwent 4 weeks of proprioceptive exercises for 10 min daily; the control group underwent 4 weeks of upper body stretching exercises for 10 min daily. All participants were tested pre and postintervention for both static and dynamic postural balance.ResultsSignificant interaction (condition*pre-post-test*group) was found for static postural balance, indicating that for the INT group, in condition 3 (on an unstable surface—BOSU), the post-test result was significantly better compared with the pretest result (pstatic postural stability in condition 2 (eyes closed) and the dynamic postural stability (length of time walked on the beam following fatigue) (r ranged from 0.647 to 0.822; pConclusionsThe proprioceptive intervention programme for combat soldiers improved static postural balance on unstable surfaces, and improved the correlation between static postural balance in the eyes closed condition and dynamic postural balance following fatigue. Further longitudinal studies are needed to verify the relationship between proprioception programmes, additional weight bearing and the reduction of subsequent injuries in combat soldiers. |
| تدمد: | 2052-0468 0035-8665 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::7d44440472cf5ab0842b07f5c278ae7e https://doi.org/10.1136/jramc-2017-000809 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....7d44440472cf5ab0842b07f5c278ae7e |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 20520468 00358665 |
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