The medicine ball squat and sweep is a greatfull-body exercisethat strengthens both the upper and lower body in one dynamic move. Use this in your warmup for other lower-body exercises or to get your heart rate up during cardio workouts. Stand with feet hip-width apart and hold a heavier...
The POLM cluster randomized trial is the first large scale trial to test the purported primary prevention effects of core stabilization, alone and in combination with psychosocial education, for LBP. Trial results suggest no benefit of core stabilization exercises for preventing LBP incidence resulting ...
The ageing process involves physical and cognitive challenges. It is a known fact that (outdoor) physical activity can help to counter these issues and improve the quality of life. One way to motivate older adults doing exercises are serious games. They embody the concept of game-based ...
Effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation and low-level laser therapy on neuromuscular parameters and health status in elderly women with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized trial. J Rehabil Med, 2016, 48(3): 293-299. 24 Pisters MF, Veenhof C, van Dijk GM, et al. Avoidance of activity ...
Conclusion It should be possible to use the determined requirements productively to create user-friendly VR exergames that motivate elderly chronic back pain patients to perform exercises regularly. The study is registered in the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS-ID: DRKS00015294 12.10.2018)...
Background:The human activity monitoring technology is one of the most important technologies for ambient assisted living, surveillance-based security, sport and fitness activities, healthcare of elderly people. The activity monitoring is performed in two steps: the acquisition of body signals and the...
One of the pitfalls of this test is that the technology in use still imposes an obstacle on the degree of freedom to be able to perform adaptive exercises suitable for the elderly. In this paper, we describe a Kinect-based system that measures stepping performance through the use of a ...
ElderlyWhile the message emanating from physiological and psychological research has extolled the general advantages of exercise in physical and cognitive health, the social distancing and the impossibility of group exercises have revealed more complex conditions. Therefore, we performed an experimental study...