Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 4 , Pages 602-609 , April 2009

Balance-Based Torso-Weighting May Enhance Balance in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis: Preliminary Evidence

Presented to the III Step Conference, July 15-21, 2005, Provost, UT, and to the American Physical Therapy Association, June 6-11, 2005, Boston, MA.

  • Gail L. Widener, PhD, PT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Samuel Merritt University, Oakland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Gail L. Widener, PhD, PT, Samuel Merritt University, 450 30th St, Oakland, CA 94609
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  • Diane D. Allen, PhD, PT

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Programs in Physical Therapy, San Francisco State University/University of California—San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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  • Cynthia Gibson-Horn, BS, PT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Samuel Merritt University, Oakland

  • Image Result

    Vest with adjustable shoulder attachments and Velcro closure at the waist.

    Vest with adjustable shoulder attachments and Velcro closure at the waist.

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    Mean body sway and 1-tailed confidence intervals (α=.033) in the CDPP test with the EO, performed under the balance-based torso-weighting (BBTW), nonweighted (NW), and baseline (BL) conditions.

    Mean body sway and 1-tailed confidence intervals (α=.033) in the CDPP test with the EO, performed under the balance-based torso-weighting (BBTW), nonweighted (NW), and baseline (BL) conditions.

 Supported by Samuel Merritt University and the California Physical Therapy Fund (grant no. 02-07).

 A commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has conferred or will confer a financial benefit on the author or 1 or more of the authors.

PII: S0003-9993(09)00075-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.10.027

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 4 , Pages 602-609 , April 2009

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