How long you can balance on one leg may be an important indicator of health and how well you’re aging, a new study finds.

Gait and balance changes are common as we age ... The study confirms that exercises to improve balance are important at all stages of life and should be continued into old age to prevent falls.

How long you can balance on one leg, like a flamingo, may be an important indicator of health and how well you’re ageing, a study finds. Experts explain.

Researchers found that a person’s ability to balance on one leg deteriorated with age faster than measurements of walking gait, grip and ... Kenton Kaufman, the senior author of the study ...

Experts suggest adding balance drills and exercises to your day to promote healthy aging ... To determine the effect of balance, strength, and gait on potential age-related declines, researchers ...

Their gait was also tested ... Director of Mayo Clinic’s Motion Analysis Laboratory, Kenton Kaufman, was the senior author of the study. Per Mayo Clinic, he said "Changes in balance are noteworthy.

Looking for a way to litmus test your health? This quick and simple exercise could be the key to maintaining your wellbeing ...

Gait changes. Fallen arches. A whole new shoe size. Many women experience these transformations during pregnancy, but the phenomenon is rarely discussed outside the mom group text.

The volunteers underwent several physical tests, including having their hand grip strength and gait (a person’s walking ... somatosensory systems,” said senior author and Mayo Clinic ...

There's a simple test available to seniors who want to quickly check how ... knee strength and walking gait at evaluating healthy aging, researchers reported Wednesday in the journal PLOS One.