Capoeira para deficientes visuais: compara？？o do equilíbrio entre praticantes e n？o praticantes de capoeira

purpose: to compare the balance between visually impaired practitioners of capoeira and non-practitioners of capoeira. methods: 10 visually impaired individuals (20 to 47 years), chosen on a non-probabilistic intentional, capoeirists n = 5 and n = 5 non capoeirists, submitted to the berg balance scale (bbe) and falls efficacy scale (fes-i). results: the bbe average points was 55.4 ± 1.34 for capoeirists and 54 ± 1.58 for non-capoeirists, and the average result obtained in the fes-i was 27 ± 7.64 for capoeirists and 35 ± 8.12 for non-capoeirists. conclusion: there were not significant statistic differences in the balance between the two groups, although the capoeirists have had better scores in both tests.