The purpose of this study was to observe the effects of wearing compression socks on postural balance in university netball players. Fourteen advanced learner netball players performed three trials of 20 seconds each of dynamic postural balance test on Biodex Stability System, while wearing two socks, (a) Normal Socks and (b) Compression Socks. Data on overall, anterior/posterior and medial/lateral stability indexes were analyzed using Paired Sample T-tests. The results revealed that wearing compression materials significantly enhanced static and dynamic postural balance among the university netball players. The improvements in these key variables are likely due to enhanced somatosensory feedback information
which allowed the lower limbs to better regulate postural stability. It is suggested that compression socks can be used by university netball players to improve their postural stability.
The influence of pH of the electrolyte used during anodization of Titanium substrate has been
investigated in order to determine the optimum pH condition to form self-organized Titanium dioxide
(TiO2) nanotubes (NTs) structure. The TiO2 NTs was formed by anodizing Titanium substrate in an
electrolyte containing 1M of sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) with 0.7 g of ammonium fluoride (NH4F) for 180
minutes with potential 20 V. The optimum conditions were determined by characterization using FESEM
and XRD analysis. As shown in the result, it can be summarized that pH of the anodization electrolyte can
affect the length and diameter of the NTs as confirmed by FESEM images. FESEM result shows that, the
length of nanotubes increased as the pH increased which are from 50 nm to 424 nm for pH 5 and pH 7,
respectively. However, at higher pH more than 7, the nanotube structure was collapsed and only form
bulk oxide film. The FESEM result also supported by the XRD result as the peak at 24°
increased up from
pH 3 to pH 7 and drop at pH 9.