How to measure the intensity of your balance exercises - with Dr Mel Farlie

Monash Musculoskeletal Research Unit podcast

Balance exercise needs to be challenging to be effective, so it is important to consider how we measure balance exercise intensity.

But how would you go about measuring the intensity of balance exercise?

On this fortnight's episode of the @MonashMRU podcast Dr Mel Farlie talks about the Balance Intensity Scale, how and why it was developed and how practitioners and patients can use this scale to measure the intensity of balance exercise.

Dr Mel Farlie is a physiotherapist with experience primarily in the field of gerontology, with an interest in measuring balance in clinical populations. Her research focuses on the measurement of balance and the intensity of balance exercise. Mel works in Monash University Physiotherapy as an educator and early career researcher and is a member of the Monash Musculoskeletal Research Unit.

Here are links to the studies that were discussed on this episode.

https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article/99/10/1394/5531450?login=true

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1836955313701991

You can contact Mel directly if you can't access the articles or if you have any questions about the balance intensity scale or her research: [email protected]

The best way to get more information about the balance intensity scale itself is to visit the website and sign up for updates about the scale and its implementation

https://www.monash.edu/medicine/balance-intensity-scale

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