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Hadi H, Mohammadyari S. The Effect of Balance Mental Practice on Dynamic Postural Control in Male Students of Police University. J Police Med 2019; 8 (2)
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1- Physical Education and Sport Science Department, Amin Police University, Tehran, Iran , amir.hadi1@gmail.com
2- Physical Education and Sport Science Department, Imam Ali University, Tehran, Iran
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Aims: Postural control is an integral part of most daily activities and sports movements and is a decisive index in evaluating the performance of athletes. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of the balance mental practice on dynamic postural control in male students of Amin Police University.

Materials & Methods: In this experimental study, 30 non-athletic male students, who had no symptoms of lower limb injury, vestibular disorders, and injuries resulting in their inability to perform the tests, were randomly selected and divided into experimental and control groups in Amin University of Police Sciences in 2016. To evaluate the dynamic postural control of the subjects, after 5-10 minutes of lower limb stretch and warming, the Star excursion balance test (SEBT) was used in 8 directions. T-test and covariance analysis were used to analyze the data.

Findings: There was a significant difference in the distance between the two groups in directions of posterior (p=0.001; F=252.352), postolateral (p=0.001; F=211.62), postomedial (p=0.001; F=195.52), medial, (p=0.001; F=41.358), and antriomedial (p=0.001; F=72.781). However, no significant difference was found between the two groups in directions of anterior (p=0.152; F=78.647), anteriolateral (p=0.095; F=158.28), and lateral (p=0.218; F=142.631).

Conclusion: Mental practice is an applied and effective way to improve the dynamic postural control of students of Amin Police University.

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Article Type: Original Research | Subject: Police Related Trauma
Received: 2018/11/21 | Accepted: 2019/01/20 | Published: 2019/03/19
* Corresponding Author Address: Amin Police University, Shahid Kharazi Highway, End of Shahid Hemto West Road ,Tehran, Iran

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