Role of a single session of ball throwing exercise on postural control in older adults with mild cognitive impairment

The purpose of the study was to investigate the role of training in improvement of balance control in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Older adults (mean age 78) with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and cognitively intact older adults (mean age 72) were exposed to self-initiated perturbations while performing bilateral shoulder flexion task before and after a single training session consisting of throwing a medicine ball. EMG...