Volume 18, Issue 83 (11-2019)                   Journal of Psychological Science 2019, 18(83): 2117-2124 | Back to browse issues page

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Ph.D Motor Behavior, farhangian University, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding Author) , sara.bagheri@gmail.com
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Background: Balance maintenance is an essential prerequisite for professional and personal activities as well as imbalance and disruption in walking patterns among the factors affecting the physical, mental and social health of adults.. Accordingly, can using Brighton Exercises improve physical and psychological well-being? Aims: The effect of Brightonics training on static, dynamic balance and psychological factors in adult women. Method: This study was a semi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of 30-50 years old women in Tehran who were selected from 26 adult women (50 - 30 years old) as available sample and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Tools include:. Brighton training program (Dehghani Zadeh, Rahmati Arani & Heydari, 1977) and General Health Questionnaire (Goldberg & Hiller, 1979). Data were analyzed using t-test and one-way ANOVA. Results: The results showed that there was no significant difference between the groups in terms of static equilibrium but in dynamic equilibrium there was a significant difference between the two groups. There was a significant difference between anxiety, anxiety and total score of mental performance (P<0/001). Conclusions: Brightonics exercise improves dynamic balance and some psychological factors such as anxiety and physical disorders and is suggested as a strategy to enhance mental and physical skills in adult women. 
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2019/12/23 | Accepted: 2020/01/9 | Published: 2020/01/28

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