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Table 2 Recommendations for reactive balance test protocol

From: Bringing context to balance: development of a reactive balance test within the injury prevention and return to sport domain

Recommendation

Rationale

Randomize order of stimuli

Avoids stimulus anticipation for direction by subject

12 stimuli per axis

As much as possible to improve reliability of visuomotor reaction time without exceeding a two minute test duration

Randomized interstimulus time

Avoid stimulus anticipation for timing by subject

80% reach distance

Balance perturbation, without the intend to impair accuracy

80% reach distance

Balance perturbation, without the intend to cause balance error that discontinues test sequence