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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2012, Article ID 971896, 11 pages doi:10.1155/2012/971896 Research Article The Physical Demands of the Tree (Vriksasana) and One-Leg Balance (Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana) Poses Performed by Seniors: A Biomechanical Examination Sean S.-Y. Yu,1 Man-Ying Wang,1 Sachithra Samarawickrame,1 Rami Hashish,1 Leslie Kazadi,1 Gail A. Greendale,2 and George J. Salem1 1 Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California (USC), 1540 E. Alcazar Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA 2 Division of Geriatrics, Geff en School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 924 Westwood Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA Correspondence should be addressed to George J. Salem, gsalem@ Received 3 May 2012; Accepted 23 July 2012 Academic Editor: Andreas Michalsen Copyright © 2012 Sean S.-Y. Yu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Yoga is considered especially suitable for seniors because poses can be modified to accommodate practitioners’ capabilities and limitations. In this study, biomechanical assessments on healthy seniors (n = 20; 70.1 ± 3.8 yr) were used to quantify the physical demands, (net joint moments of force [JMOFs] and muscular activation in the lower extremities) associated with the performance of 3 variations (introductory, intermediate, advanced) of 2 classical Hatha yoga poses – Tree and One-Leg Balance (OLB). ANOVA and Cohen’s-d were used to contrast the postural variations statistically. The advanced (single-limb, without additional support)