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Complementary Approaches for Human Balance Maintenance and Treatment

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1.  Maintaining balance depends upon the brain's receipt of correct sensory information from the following systems:
  1. visual
  2. vestibular
  3. proprioceptive input
  4. all of the above
2.  Postural instability, one of the primary motor symptoms of Parkinson's Disease, usually occurs in what stage of the disease?
  1. early
  2. late
  3. mid
  4. none of the above
3.  The practice of yoga addresses which aspects of balance?
  1. strength
  2. flexibility
  3. proprioception
  4. all of the above
4.  The slow movements of Tai Chi practice targets which component of balance that declines with age?
  1. visual
  2. auditory
  3. physical
  4. none of the above
5.  Based on the information reviewed in this course, which of the following activities can be recommended for patients (after primary care provider approval) along with yoga and tai chi for fall prevention?
  1. hiking & biking
  2. sitting
  3. inactive lifestyle
  4. sleeping

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