TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Static body balance in children and expert adults ballroom dancers: insights from spectral analysis of shifts
JO  - Biology (Basel)
A1  - Cicchella, Antonio
SP  - e1291
EP  - e1291
VL  - 10
IS  - 12
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the differences in maintaining body balance (influence of different sensorial sub-systems) in a representative sample of active Dance Sport competitors (children and adults). <br><br>METHODS: Overall, 13 children and 15 high-level adults sport dancers underwent a static equilibrium test on a force platform, in which 17 different parameters were examined, including a spectral analysis of shifts using an FFT algorithm that can assess the contribution of different somatic-sensory systems on maintaining body balance. <br><br>RESULTS: Younger subjects rely on their somatic-sensory reactions to maintain their balance, while adults rely more on the vestibular system, according to shifts' spectral analysis. No differences were noted between the male and female participants. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Children predominantly use the somatic-sensory system in body balance, while adults make more use of the vestibular system. According to these results and due to the trainability phases, exercises that challenge the somato-sensorial system are recommended to train balance in young dancers, while exercises that challenge the vestibular system are recommended in adult dancers which who have not developed exceptional somato-sensory balance abilities during their growth and training history.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2079-7737
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology10121291
ID  - ref1
ER  -