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Tandem stance / walking

Compared in the reviewR5 · 20 full-text papers, 11 abstract-only

At least one paper behind this review states what this option was measured against. That is not a ranking, and this option carries no evidence profile of its own.

Requirements it fills
  • dynamic balance
    Neuromotor · 2 papers put it here
  • static balance
    Neuromotor · 2 papers put it here
  • reactive / perturbation
    Neuromotor · 1 paper put it here
How it is performed

  • Walk along a specific line with the toes of one foot behind the heel of the other. Eyes open, looking ahead. Assistance provided but no specific mention of hand support. No details on head movement, progression sequence, repetitions, or hold times.

    Kibitia Mahu, Sitti Johri Nasela, Masrikat Maya Diana Claartje, Nur Baharia Marasabessy, Joula Timisela (2026) · International Conference on Health Sciences · 10.29238/ichs.v12i1.3028
    Evaluation Of The Implementation Of Balance Exercises To Improve Muscle Strength In Elderly People At Risk Of Falls: Literature Review

  • - Number of exercises per session: 4 - Number of sets per exercise: 3 - Duration of a single exercise: Approximately 41 seconds (e.g., one-legged standing time) - Exercise progression: Included to challenge postural control - Variations in stance: Reduced base of support (e.g., bipedal, step, tandem, one-legged stance) - Sensory input variations: Eyes open or closed; firm or foam ground - Adaptation to sport-or task-specific contexts: Recommended

    M. Lesinski, T. Hortobágyi, T. Muehlbauer, A. Gollhofer, U. Granacher (2014) · Sports Medicine · 10.1007/s40279-014-0284-5
    Dose-Response Relationships of Balance Training in Healthy Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Dose

Measured in duration — derived from the review's own dose_and_time prose.

Dose and time, as the papers state it

  • - Training period: 11-12 weeks - Training frequency: three or six sessions per week - Total number of training sessions: at least 16-19 sessions - Duration of a single training session: 11-15 minutes - Number of exercises per training session: four exercises - Number of sets per exercise: two sets - Duration of a single BT exercise: 21-40 seconds

    M. Lesinski, T. Hortobágyi, T. Muehlbauer, A. Gollhofer, U. Granacher (2014) · Sports Medicine · 10.1007/s40279-014-0284-5
    Dose-Response Relationships of Balance Training in Healthy Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Equipment

Equipment is a property of the movement and is authored, never derived from the evidence corpus (docs/research/round2/ROUND2_KNOWN_CORRECTIONS.md §1). This option resolves to no catalogue exercise, so nothing has authored it yet.

Level and prerequisites

  • ability to stand unsupported

    M. Lesinski, T. Hortobágyi, T. Muehlbauer, A. Gollhofer, U. Granacher (2014) · Sports Medicine · 10.1007/s40279-014-0284-5
    Dose-Response Relationships of Balance Training in Healthy Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Progression and regression

  • - Narrowing the base of support (e.g., from bipedal to step, to tandem, to one-legged stance) - Limiting sensory input (e.g., eyes opened to closed, firm ground to foam ground) - Adapting exercises to sport-or task-specific contexts

    M. Lesinski, T. Hortobágyi, T. Muehlbauer, A. Gollhofer, U. Granacher (2014) · Sports Medicine · 10.1007/s40279-014-0284-5
    Dose-Response Relationships of Balance Training in Healthy Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Who should not do this

The papers behind this option report nothing on contraindications, which is not the same as saying there are none.

Setting, as the studies used it

  • Minimal or home (e.g., single-leg stance, tandem walking, foam pad for support)

    M. Lesinski, T. Hortobágyi, T. Muehlbauer, A. Gollhofer, U. Granacher (2014) · Sports Medicine · 10.1007/s40279-014-0284-5
    Dose-Response Relationships of Balance Training in Healthy Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
What the papers compared it with

A paper measuring one option against another does not make the two interchangeable, and it does not say which to choose. These are listed as what the papers did, and nothing here proposes a substitution.

Tandem stance / walking