Pankanin Ewelina, Dobosiewicz Anna Maria, Miętkowska Paulina. Static posturography as an instrument to assess the balance among athletes. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(5):216-225. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1248550 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5495 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/865351 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license (Http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.04.2018. Revised: 10.04.2018. Accepted: 17.05.2018. Static posturography as an instrument to assess the balance among athletes Ewelina Pankanin, Anna Maria Dobosiewicz, Paulina Miętkowska Scientific Circle at Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Ergonomics. Division of Ergonomics and Exercise Physiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland Summary Equilibrium is defined as the ability to maintain the roll centre of gravity (centre of mass - COM), which is located in the abdomen, inner support surface defined by the contour of the foot. The process to maintain standing balance involves continuous loss of balance and recovery [1]. The balance is considered to be the basic motor skills and is especially important for athletes. Examination of postural balance is a troublesome scientific issue, but static posturography allows for a reliable assessment of this aspect.