Middle-aged women have less postural control than younger women. The Star Excursion Balance Test is a functional and inexpensive postural control measurement tool that is sensitive to age-related changes in balance.The middle-aged females will experience lower excursion scores compared with the younger women.Fifty-three healthy, recreationally active women were divided into 2 groups: adult-aged (n = 29; age range, 23-39 years) and middle-aged (n = 24; age range, 40-54 years). Each participant performed 3 reaches for 3 trials (anteromedial, medial, posteromedial) in a randomized order. The 3 reach trials were converted to a normalized value (percentage of participant's height) and assessed as an overall mean for the 1-way analysis of variance. Intraclass correlation coefficients and 95

作者：Lucinda E, Bouillon；Joshua L, Baker

来源：Sports health 2011 年 3卷 5期