Standing Balance

Question 1

What are the NSF guidelines for standing balance?

Answer 1

Task specific training with feedback - B

Question 2

What are the essential components of standing?

5 points

Answer 2

1- Head and trunk erect
2- Hip and knee extension
3- Hips anterior to ankles
4- Weight evenly distributed
5- Ability to reach beyond arm's length and return to vertical

Question 3

What are the potential impairments underlying the essential components?

Answer 3

Manual, p.74

Question 4

What is the systematic review evidence for standing training with feedback from a force platform?

Answer 4

Good for reducing sway and improving weight through affected leg.
Not good carry over into gait, TUG and Borg Balance scale.

Question 5

What are some training strategies for weak LL extensors?

Answer 5

• Pressure cuff under knee
• Block at end of bed
• Gravity minimised LL exercises
• Tilt table

Question 6

What are some ideas for supervised standing practice?

Answer 6

• Standing with wall on intact side
• Standing and reaching
• Scales under affected leg