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  • Balance control, agility, e...
    Wong, Towel K K; Ma, Ada W W; Liu, Karen P Y; Chung, Louisa M Y; Bae, Young-Hyeon; Fong, Shirley S M; Ganesan, Balasankar; Wang, Hsing-Kuo

    Medicine (Baltimore), 01/2019, Letnik: 98, Številka: 2
    Journal Article

    In this study, balance performance, agility, eye-hand coordination, and sports performance were compared between amateur badminton players and active controls.Thirty young adult badminton players and 33 active controls participated in the study. Static single-leg standing balance (with eyes closed) was measured using a force platform, and dynamic balance was measured using the Y Balance Test (lower quarter). Agility was measured using a hexagon agility test, and eye-hand coordination was measured using a computerized finger-pointing task. Sports performance was quantified by the number of times a shuttlecock fell in a designated area following a badminton serve.The badminton players had superior accuracy in badminton serving (P < .001) relative to the active controls. However, no significant between-group differences were noted in all other outcome variables (P > .05).Amateur badminton players had more favorable sports performance, but not balance performance, agility, or eye-hand coordination, than controls.