In short: Abili Balance

What? Intelligent training and testing system to improve balance and postural stability - with real-time sensor data.
How? Adjustable degrees of instability, individual foot positioning and immediate feedback for personalized rehabilitation processes.
Why? Faster comeback after injuries, targeted injury prevention in sport.

12.08.2025

Keeping your balance sounds easy – but it's not. Particularly after injuries, in neurorehabilitation, or when training top athletes, targeted promotion of stability is crucial. This is exactly where Abili Balance comes into play.

We talked to Aurelijus Domeika, Head of the Daigas Lab at Kaunas University of Technology, about the technology, possible applications, and findings from tests with professional soccer players.

Mr. Domeika, how does Abili Balance work and what is its most outstanding feature?

Aurelijus Domeika: Abili Balance is a balance testing and training system designed to evaluate and improve postural stability. It works by measuring a user's ability to maintain balance on a sensor-equipped unstable platform. The system provides real-time data on balance performance, allowing for targeted training.

How does the system adapt to individual therapy needs?

Domeika: The system allows users to select different levels of instability by adjusting support chains, making training progressively challenging. Multiple foot positioning options help customize training for different balance deficiencies. In addition, the built-in sensors track postural control and provide real-time feedback to fine-tune exercises for each individual.

Which benefits make it different from other rehabilitation systems?

Domeika: There are three main benefits that make the system different from others. Firstly, a fast athlete balance assessment can quickly identify balance weaknesses, which is crucial for injury prevention. Secondly, personalized instability levels can unlike many systems that offer static balance testing, gradually challenge stability with three difficulty levels. And lastly a proprioceptive training actively engages deep stabilizing muscles, which standard rehab equipment often neglects.

Sensory intelligence meets muscle memory: How the training works

Person trains balance with the Abili Balance rehabilitation system

Balance training helps to prevent re-injury and can also shorten recovery time.

How can Abili Balance accelerate the healing process?

Domeika: By improving neuromuscular coordination, the system helps prevent re-injury and shortens recovery time. Studies have shown that balance training can reduce injury risk by 40 percent in athletes. Additionally, balance scores recorded with Abili Balance have been used to quantify improvements in postural stability, leading to faster rehabilitation outcomes.

How can the system help athletes return to competition?

Domeika: The system helps athletes by identifying balance asymmetries, which helps to correct uneven weight distributions post-injury, strengthening stabilizing muscles, which is essential for joint stability, reducing the risk of re-injury, and enhancing reflexive control, which improves reaction time in sports movements.

Prof. Rimtautas Gudas, sport orthopaedic surgeon at the Surgery Centre of Gijos Klinikos, shared his opinion on the role of Abili Balance in sports rehabilitation and injury prevention:

"Abili Balance is a valuable tool in both injury prevention and post-injury rehabilitation. From a medical standpoint, neuromuscular control and balance are key factors in avoiding recurrent injuries, especially in the lower limbs.

What makes this system especially effective is the ability during the trainings to activate more muscle groups (including core muscles) and target proprioception, postural control in a measurable and structured way. We’ve seen promising results when integrating it into rehabilitation programs for athletes recovering from ligament injuries, as well as in preventive routines for high-risk sports."

From soccer fields to retirement homes: fields of application with future potential

Graphic shows the improvement in balance after 20 days of soccer players training with Abili Balance

Training with Abili Balance has been proven to help improve balance.

You conducted biomechanical analyses and measurements with Olympic athletes – what impulses has this provided for your work?

Domeika: First we tested professional soccer players before and after a 20-day balance training program and observed an average postural stability improvement of about 44.4 percent on both the left and right leg. Similar assessments were carried out with Olympic athletes across different disciplines. These insights confirmed that balance is a fundamental component of athletic performance – regardless of the sport. Whether it’s running, jumping, or rapid directional changes, good balance supports movement efficiency, helps prevent injuries, and accelerates recovery. This has strengthened our belief that balance training should be an integral part of every athlete’s routine, from amateurs to elite professionals.

Name: Abili Balance
Function: Balance test & training
Target groups: Sports medicine, geriatrics, neurorehabilitation
www.abilibalance.com

Woman sets options for her balance training with Abili Balance on a tablet

Woman with a raised leg trains her balance with a rehabilitation device

What other fields of application could open up in the future?

Domeika: Other possible fields of application could include elderly fall prevention by improving balance in older adults to reduce fall risk. Or neurological rehabilitation by helping patients recover from strokes and vestibular disorders. Military and tactical training could also benefit by improving stability under difficult conditions for soldiers and rescue workers.

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Author: Melanie Prüser | Editorial team MEDICA-tradefair.com

Melanie Prüser has been writing about the exciting interface between medicine and technology for MEDICA.de since 2019. She is always on the lookout for the stories behind devices and applications to show how innovations directly change the everyday lives of medical professionals and patients.