The effect of the selective balanced on ball and core resistance training program on the older females

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of resistance and balance on ball exercise on the balance for females 60-75 years-old. In order to achieve this goal، 42 subjects were randomly divided into three groups: the balance on ball training group (N=14)، the resistance training group (N=14) and the control group (N=14). The subjects of two training groups were attended in the exercise sessions for 8 weeks، three times per week. The one foot standing test with open and closed eyes and 8-foot up and go test were used to collect the data. The statistical tests such as ANOVA with repeated measure test (inner group difference) and General linear model multivariate (between group differences) were used. the results show that the balance on ball training for eight weeks had a significant effect on the open- eyed static balance (P=0. 04) but has no effect on the close-eyed static balance and the dynamic balance. In the resistance training group، after eight weeks of training، the significant effect was observed in static balance with eyes open (P=0. 001) and closed (P=0. 03) and the dynamic balance (P=0. 001). Therefore to improve balance in old women eight week resistance training have significant effects than eight week balance training on ball.