en عمومى General پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="line-height:2;"><strong>Purpose</strong>: This study aims to investigate the impact of neuromuscular exercises (NE) and local-indigenous games (LIG) on the static and dynamic balance of obese children.<br> <strong>Methods</strong>: Thirty obese children were randomly assigned to NE (n=15, mean age 10.47&plusmn;2.1 years, body mass index (BMI) 29.15&plusmn;3.01 kg/m2) or LIG (n=15, mean age 10.67&plusmn;1.52 years, body mass index (BMI) 29.45&plusmn;3.41 kg/m2) groups. Both groups underwent 12 training sessions, during which dynamic and static balance were measured with the Biodex device before and after training. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and independent t-test were used to compare balance indices between the two groups.<br> <strong>Results</strong>: No significant differences were observed in static anterior-posterior balance between NE (0.82&plusmn;0.10) and LIG (0.68&plusmn;0.09). Similarly, no significant differences were found in static lateral-medial balance (NE: 0.82&plusmn;0.10; LIG: 0.68&plusmn;0.09) (P>0.05). Moreover, the dynamic anterior-posterior balance did not differ significantly between NE (0.79&plusmn;0.08) and LIG (0.97&plusmn;0.26) as well as the dynamic lateral-medial balance did not differ significantly (NE: 0.74&plusmn;0.10; LIG: 0.93&plusmn;0.15) (P>0.05).<br> <strong>Conclusion</strong>: This study suggests that both NE and LIG are effective in improving balance indices in obese children. However, no significant differences were observed between the two interventions.</span><br> <br> <strong>Coresponding author:&nbsp;</strong>Mohammadtaghi Amiri-Khorasani,&nbsp;E-mail: amirikhorasani@uk.ac.ir<br> <u>You can also search for this author in:</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Mohammadtaghi+Amiri-Khorasani">P</a><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=%28Mohammadtaghi+Amiri-Khorasani%5BAuthor%5D%29+AND+%28Shahid+Bahonar+University+of+Kerman%5BAffiliation%5D%29">ubMed</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=RPNdVcIAAAAJ">Google Scholar</a></span></span></div> Balance, Neuro-muscular exercises (NE), Local-indigenous games (LIG), Obese children 195 202 http://ptj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-573-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Somayeh Ghotbzadeh Kermani Somayeh_ghotbzadeh@yahoo.com 0000-0001-8505-0477 No Department of Sports Biomechanics, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran. Mohammadtaghi Amiri-Khorasani amirikhorasani@uk.ac.ir 0000-0002-0199-7522 Yes Department of Sports Biomechanics, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran. Mahshid Zarezadeh mahshidzarezade@uk.ac.ir 0000-0001-9868-185X No Department of Motor Learning, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.