{"469111":{"#nid":"469111","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ballet May Improve Balance","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EHow does long-term training to enhance physical coordination affect the neural control of movements? How does it affect how we do everyday tasks?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EA team of collaborative researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University set out to find the answers. Their study, from the lab of Petit Institute researcher Lena Ting and published in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EJournal of Neurophysiology\u003C\/em\u003E, compares the movements of professional ballet dancers to individuals with no training.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe research showed that years of ballet training changed how the nervous system coordinated muscles for walking and balancing behavior. The team\u2019s discoveries may also implications for rehabilitation medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/news.emory.edu\/stories\/2015\/11\/ting_ballet_and_neural_control\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERead more about the research from the Ting lab.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Petit Institute researcher Lena Ting studies how long-term training affects motor modules"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EPetit Institute researcher Lena Ting studies how long-term training affects motor modules\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Petit Institute researcher Lena Ting studies how long-term training affects motor modules"}],"uid":"28153","created_gmt":"2015-11-11 21:32:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:58","author":"Jerry Grillo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-11-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-11-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"466031":{"id":"466031","type":"image","title":"Professor Lena Ting collecting data","body":null,"created":"1449256395","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:13:15","changed":"1475895213","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:33","alt":"Professor Lena Ting collecting data","file":{"fid":"203745","name":"dsc_0274.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_0274_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_0274_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":212234,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dsc_0274_0.jpeg?itok=cGs6_xJK"}}},"media_ids":["466031"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"126591","name":"go-NeuralEngineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/node\/jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJerry Grillo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Officer II\u003Cbr \/\u003EParker H. Petit Institute for\u003Cbr \/\u003EBioengineering and Bioscience\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}