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Title: | Feasibility of ballistic strengthening exercises in neurologic rehabilitation. |
Epworth Authors: | Williams, Gavin |
Other Authors: | Clark, Ross Hansson, Jessica Paterson, Kade |
Keywords: | Exercise Therapy Rehabilitation Neurology Ballistic Stretching Muscle Stretching Exercises Mobility Limitation Brain Injuries Traumatic Brain Injury Trauma, Brain TBI Injuries, Brain Injury, Brain, Traumatic Exercise, Physical Physical Therapy Techniques Physiotherapy Department, Epworth Healthcare, Melbourne, Australia |
Issue Date: | Sep-2014 |
Citation: | Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Sep;93(9):828-33 |
Abstract: | Conventional methods for strength training in neurologic rehabilitation are not task specific for walking. Ballistic strength training was developed to improve the functional transfer of strength training; however, no research has investigated this in neurologic populations. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility of applying ballistic principles to conventional leg strengthening exercises in individuals with mobility limitations as a result of neurologic injuries. Eleven individuals with neurologic injuries completed seated and reclined leg press using conventional and ballistic techniques. A 2 × 2 repeated-measures analysis of variance was used to compare power measures (peak movement height and peak velocity) between exercises and conditions. Peak jump velocity and peak jump height were greater when using the ballistic jump technique rather than the conventional concentric technique (P < 0.01). These findings suggest that when compared with conventional strengthening exercises, the incorporation of ballistic principles was associated with increased peak height and peak velocities. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11434/220 |
DOI: | 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000139 |
PubMed URL: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25137195 |
ISSN: | 0894-9115 1537-7385 |
Journal Title: | American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Type: | Journal Article |
Affiliated Organisations: | Department of Physiotherapy, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia School of Exercise Science, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Walk On Melbourne, Whitten Oval Sporting Complex, West Footscray, Victoria, Australia |
Type of Clinical Study or Trial: | Case Series and Case Reports |
Appears in Collections: | Neurosciences |
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