Table 4 The tai chi-muscle power training program to improve center of gravity control and leg muscle force production speed and the limits of stability of balance control in children with DCD.
Type of exercise | Frequency | Intensity | Duration | Aims of exercise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Warm-up (jogging) | 5 min | |||
Tai chi exercises | ||||
Raising the power | Face-to-face training session: once per week and home practice: twice per week | 10 times each | 5 min | Challenge standing balance |
Withdraw and push | 5–10 min | Improve body weight shift in anteroposterior direction, challenge stability limits, and strengthen leg muscles | ||
Wave hands like clouds | 5–10 min | Improve weight shift in mediolateral direction and challenge stability limits | ||
Grasp the sparrow’s tail | 5–10 min | Improve hip movements and help integrate movements of the legs with the torso and arms | ||
Twist step and brush knee | 5–10 min | Maintain dynamic body balance | ||
Break | 5 min | |||
Muscle power training | ||||
Squatting exercise | Face-to-face training session: once per week and home practice: twice per week | 4 sets, 10 repetitions, 70% of 1 repetition maximum (perform bilaterally) | 5 min | Strengthen hip and knee extensors and ankle plantar flexors |
Hip flexion in standing position | 5 min | Strengthen hip flexors | ||
Seated knee extension | 5 min | Strengthen knee extensors | ||
Hamstring curls in prone position | 5 min | Strengthen knee flexors | ||
Hip abduction/ adduction while lying on side | 5 min | Strengthen hip abductors and adductors | ||
Seated ankle dorsiflexion | 5 min | Strengthen ankle dorsiflexors | ||
Standing calf raises | 5 min | Strengthen ankle plantar flexors | ||
Cool-down (stretching) | 5 min | |||
