Table 2.

Description of movements and activities of Balance Exercises Circuit (BEC)

Stretching and warming-up	Balance Exercises Circuit	Cooling-down
Stretching  Lower limbs  Upper limbs	All exercises were performed in pairs and for 2 min	Exercises in group  Exercises for the eyeball  Memory exercises  Ball games  Motor coordination  Rhythm exercises  Vestibular exercises  Breathing exercises
	1. Side steps to the right and to the left.
	2. “Airplane-like”—standing on one foot, right and left.
Warm-up exercises  Multidirectional gait  Rhythmic gait  Step change  Gait with stops  Gait with turns  Hip flexion  Hip abduction  Hip adduction  Hip extension  Knee flexion  Plantar flexion	3. Backward-sensitive walking (on the heels).
	4. Backward walking on the whole foot.
	5. “Hit the target” with the back turned to the target and the balls attached by ropes on the sides.
	6. Balance and walking on unstable surface (mattress, balance disc, and balance board).
	7. Sensitive walking (using only the anterior portion of the foot).
	8. Forward walking on the whole foot with legs apart.
	9. Multidirectional reach (difficulty levels with varying heights represented by the numbers 1, 2, and 3).
	10. Forward walking on the whole foot with legs crossed.
	11. “Ball in the basket” (difficulty levels with varying distances represented by the three divisions of the box).
	12. Walking on narrowed base and circumferential path.
	13. Tandem gait (straight-line forward and backward walking).