improving balance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimproveandbalance
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improve
verb[I or T]
uk/ɪmˈpruːv/us/ɪmˈpruːv/
to (cause something to) ...
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balance
noun
uk/ˈbæl.əns/us/ˈbæl.əns/
a state where things are of equal weight ...
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(Definition ofimproveandbalancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If patients can rise from their chairs and walk a little, then useful work for maintaining locomotor function andimprovingbalancecan be done safely.
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Exercises are individualized and focus on improving postural alignment and orientation, developing strategies for recovery of balance, improving anticipatory postural adjustments before voluntary movements andimprovingbalanceduring everyday tasks.
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It involves slow, weightshifting movements which are carried out with the hips and knees held flexed, thus potentially strengthening the lower limbs as well asimprovingbalance.
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Animprovingbalanceof payments is remarkable at a time when the economy is growing so strongly.
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We have experienced exactly the opposite: a substantial increase in demand with falling inflation and a steadilyimprovingbalanceof payments.
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Many services are on offer; people are taking them up and the results are there for all to see in animprovingbalanceof trade.
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Last week's measures, on the contrary, were taken against the background of improving trade figures, stronger sterling, and animprovingbalanceof payments prospect.
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There is low inflation, animprovingbalanceof payments and, as we heard today, a reduction in the level of unemployment.
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It is a good means ofimprovingbalanceand co-ordination, of strengthening the muscles, of speeding-up the reflexes.
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We have fast economic growth, falling unemployment, low inflation and animprovingbalanceof payments.
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I think that the continuation of the import deposits scheme at the modified rate was desirable in order to continue to fortify our stronglyimprovingbalanceof payments position.
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As we get nearer the election their enthusiasm for theimprovingbalanceof payments and their reaction to it could be said to be "seasonally adjusted".
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By increasing muscular strength andimprovingbalance, weight training can also reduce falls by elderly persons.
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The counter-canter is primarily used as a training movement,improvingbalance, straightness, and attention to the aids.
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The aim during this period is to focus heavily onimprovingbalance.
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The mass centralization of the 2007 model was thought to have gone too far, and instead the 2008 model is more open, reducing heat andimprovingbalance.
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