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| Static Balance |
| (i) Standing on one leg. |
| (ii) Quadruped standing: stabilize the trunk and lift one arm. |
| (iii) Quadruped standing: stabilize the trunk and lift one leg. |
| (iv) Quadruped standing: lift one arm and the leg of the other side. |
| Dynamic Balance |
| (i) Kneeling: put one foot in front and back alternately. |
| (ii) Kneeling: put one foot to the side and back alternately. |
| (iii) Kneeling: put one foot in front, stand up, and put one leg back with kneeling alternately. |
| (iv) Standing: swing arms, see saw knees. |
| (v) Standing: step to the side. |
| (vi) Standing: step in front. |
| (vii) Standing: step back. |
| (viii) Standing: cross over step. |
| (ix) Climbing stairs. |
| (x) Walking over uneven ground. |
| Whole Body Movements to Train the Trunk-Limb Coordination |
| (i) Quadruped standing: lift one arm and the leg of the other side, flex arm, leg, and trunk, and extend arm, leg, and trunk alternately. |
| (ii) “Morning prayer” (Moshe Feldenkrais): kneeling: bend legs, arms, and trunk (“package sitting”): extend legs, arms, and trunk alternately. |
| (iii) Kneeling: sit beside the heel on the right side; kneeling: sit beside the hell on the left side alternately. |
| Steps to Prevent Falling and Falling Strategies In Order To Prevent Trauma |
| (i) Standing: step to the side, step in front, step back, and cross over step in a dynamic alteration. |
| (ii) Standing: the therapist pushes the patient in altered directions; the patient has to react quickly with fall preventing steps. |
| (iii) Standing: bend the trunk and the knees to touch the floor and erect the body alternately. |
| (iv) Standing: bend the trunk and the knees, touch the floor, and go down to quadruped standing, |
| (v) Standing: the therapist pushes the patient; the patient has to react quickly-bend and go to the floor in a controlled manner |
| (vi) Walking—the therapist pushes the patient—the patient has to react quickly, bend, and go to the floor in a controlled manner. |
| Movements to Treat or Prevent Contracture Especially Movements of Shoulders and Spine |
| (i) Extension of the spine: prone lying: push up the shoulder girdle from prone lying; prone lying on a wedge. |
| (ii) Rotation of the spine: supine lying: knees are bended, rotate the knees to the right and left side, |
| (iii) Flexion of the shoulder: supine lying: lift the arms in the direction of the head. |
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