One-legged standing with eyes closed in physical fitness testing / 中国组织工程研究

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:One-legged standing with eyes closed is a method to test the muscle strength and the ability of body balance, it is considered to be an important quality indicator for evaluation of adults and elderly balancing capability in our country. A lot of works have been done in many provinces and cities, but there is a lack of in-depth studies. OBJECTIVE:To review the research progress of one-legged standing with eyes closed, to analyze its problem used in the physical fitness test and to prospect the future direction of the related researches. METHODS:A computer-based search on CNKI database and Elsevier database was undertaken to identify the article of balance capacity. The key words were“eyes closed and single legged standing, balance ability, physical fitness test”. Total y articles were searched and checked primarily, and those meeting the criteria were looked up. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The standard of one-legged standing with eyes closed for the male is higher than that for the female. Some elderly just stand for a short time in the test, and thus it is difficult to distinguish the balance ability. Elderly balance is significantly lower than that in young people. The same test method for adults and elderly people is employed, but whether it is scientific or not should be further studied. Various indicators in the test of one-legged standing with eyes closed have low correlation. For the above reasons, further studies should be made before the test of one-legged standing with eyes closed becomes a valuable measurement of the balance ability in the national physique.