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A 10-minute daily exercise program done lying down improved participants' balance, flexibility and agility within just two weeks, per new clinical trial

04.29.26 | PLOS

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A supine exercise program linking trunk stability with lower extremity coordination is associated with improved body balance and agility: A study using randomized crossover and pre-post trial designs
Exercise program protocols. The exercise program comprised the following three types of exercises. (A) This is an exercise of the abdominal muscles. Participants flexed their knee joints, placed their hands on their abdomens, and lightly compressed using their fingertips. They contracted the abdominal muscles in that area against the pressure for 5 s and subsequently relaxed. The inlet shows the abdominal region in the frontal plane (A’). The abdomen is divided into nine areas surrounding the lo Credit: Atomi et al., 2026, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

A 10-minute daily exercise program done lying down improved participants' balance, flexibility and agility within just two weeks, per new clinical trial

Article URL : https://plos.io/4tTdcYH

Article title: A supine exercise program linking trunk stability with lower extremity coordination is associated with improved body balance and agility: A study using randomized crossover and pre-post trial designs

Author countries: Japan

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

PLOS One

10.1371/journal.pone.0345749

A supine exercise program linking trunk stability with lower extremity coordination is associated with improved body balance and agility: A study using randomized crossover and pre-post trial designs

29-Apr-2026

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Health and Medicine Human Health Physical Exercise

Article Information

Journal
PLOS One
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0345749
Article Publication Date
2026-04-29
Article Title
A supine exercise program linking trunk stability with lower extremity coordination is associated with improved body balance and agility: A study using randomized crossover and pre-post trial designs
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2026, April 29). A 10-minute daily exercise program done lying down improved participants' balance, flexibility and agility within just two weeks, per new clinical trial. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/19N625Q1/a-10-minute-daily-exercise-program-done-lying-down-improved-participants-balance-flexibility-and-agility-within-just-two-weeks-per-new-clinical-trial.html
MLA:
"A 10-minute daily exercise program done lying down improved participants' balance, flexibility and agility within just two weeks, per new clinical trial." Brightsurf News, Apr. 29 2026, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/19N625Q1/a-10-minute-daily-exercise-program-done-lying-down-improved-participants-balance-flexibility-and-agility-within-just-two-weeks-per-new-clinical-trial.html.