Flamingo exercise – training to stand on one leg, as often shining birds do – has been shown in a Turkish study to improve balance among people with Parkinson’s disease and reduce the risk of falls.
Such balance training has been found to be most effective when the exercise is used with interactive devices that provide posture feedback, researchers noted. Devices called Tetrax Interactive Balance System or TIBS use force plates where a person is standing.
The combination of the two types of training was effective in reducing the risk of falls and increasing the balance of walking while standing in either way, the results show.
“After treatment there was a statistically significant difference in all the balances and fall scores of patients received. [both types of] Researchers are doing balance training. “The balance and decline of combined training groups was superior to the single type of training group.”
the study, “The impact of dynamic flamingo balance exercise and balance training is the effect of balance training with four-character accumulation devices on balance performance and fall risk in Parkinson’s disease patients.has been published Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation.
Exercise requires the patient to stand on one leg like a flamingo
As part of the various motor symptoms that are characteristic of the disease, Parkinson’s disease often leads to difficulty in balance and instability in posture. These issues can create more challenging everyday movements, such as walking or standing, and can increase the risk of falls.
Over time, as the disease progresses, the loss of automatic reflexes and muscle coordination can lead to more pronounced balance issues. Physiotherapy and targeted exercise have been shown to help improve stability and reduce the risk of falls.
Currently, two researchers in Istanbul have tested whether the flamingo balance exercise, the TBIS mail grassland device, or a combination of both, can help improve the balance and reduce the risk of falls among people with Parkinson’s disease. Pospography is a measure of posture shaking.
The flamingo exercise, as its name suggests, is a simple balance training strategy that stands on one leg, similar to the bird’s position. It helps to reduce balance, stability and fitness, and is useful for those recovering from injuries, the elderly, and Parkinson’s disease.
Meanwhile, TIBS is designed to measure and evaluate a person’s balance and stability. This helps a medical professional to assess how well someone can maintain their balance under different conditions.
The device consists of four force plates arranged in a square where the patient is standing. The device also measures how weight is distributed over the feet while a person is stationary or moving in different directions, and can also test the balance according to various challenges such as visual cues, surface stability, and body shaking.
Dynamic Flamingo Therapy and Balance Exercises and… Device [assessing posture] Improve balance problems [Parkinson’s] patient.
This study included 124 Parkinson’s patients, randomly divided into four groups. One group performed both methods of flamingo exercises, another used TIB, a third combination, and a fourth group performed only stretch exercises. Patients in the fourth group served as controls. Each group exercised three times a week for six weeks, tailoring the training to suit each individual’s needs. Patients were evaluated before and after the training regimen.
Following the intervention, patients who received alternative balance training showed significant improvements in all balance and fall-related scores. People in the combined training group performed even better than those who only performed one type of training, suggesting that combining these two methods may be more effective than either.
“The combination of dynamic flamingo therapy, balance exercise and static postpolographic devices improves balance disorders. [Parkinson’s] “Patients compared to treatments limited to individual training,” the researchers concluded.
