BALANCE TRAINING: DOES ANTICIPATED BALANCE CONFIDENCE CORRELATE WITH ACTUAL BALANCE CONFIDENCE FOR DIFFERENT UNSTABLE OBJECTS?

摘要

Background: Sports rehabilitation professionals often prescribe unstable objects for balance training. Unfortunately, there is a lack of measurement of balance confidence when incorporating these objects. Currently, there is no consensus on the optimal balance confidence measure or proposed progression of unstable objects. Understanding the influence of balance confidence on task performance using unstable objects may help professionals better prescribe a balance training program.