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Objective: To determine the prevalence of balance in the female throw ballplayers and to examine differences in balance testing for evaluating performance variations. Methodology: This descriptive cross-sectional study included 100 female throw ballplayers who were students from 3 private educational institutes of Karachi, Pakistan. The data were collected from August 2018 to January 2019. We included participants aged 13-25 years and use non-probability convenient sampling. Static and Dynamic Balance was assessed with the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) that allowed our study participants to perform two stance variations (single-leg, and tandem leg) tested on a non-dominant extremity. Results: Mean age of players was 19.23±3.149 years and mean weight was 55.27±9.331 kg. BESS errors were 85.0% that had superior to normal balance. Conclusion: Players did not differ in terms of static and dynamic balance. Supervised training can substantially reduce the risk of injuries in the athletes.

Summaiya Rajar, Sajjan Iqbal Memon, Kiran Afzal, Payal, Rabiqa, Syed Meeran Hasnain. (2021) Prevalence of balance in female throw ball athletes: a descriptive study, , Volume-46, Issue-2.
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