retest reliability, construct validity, and relative ability
Vedrana Sember (Author), Janja Grošelj (Author), Maja Bučar Pajek (Author)

Abstract

Balance is an essential prerequisite for the normal physical development of a child. It consists of the ability to maintain the body’s centre of mass over its base of support, which is enabled by automatic postural adjustments, and maintain posture and stability in various conditions and activities. The present study aimed to determine the measurement characteristics (reliability and concurrent validity) and the relative ability of balance tests and different motor tests in healthy 11-year-olds. We also evaluated the impact of vision on balance ability. Our results showed high interrater reliability (from 0.810 to 0.910) and confirmed the construct validity of the included balance tests. Girls performed significantly better than boys in laboratory tandem stance in following balance components: total sway path with eyes open (BSEO) (t = 2.68, p = 0.01, effect size (ES) = 0.81), total body sway with eyes closed of centre of pressure (CoP) displacement in the a-p direction (BSEC) (t = 1.86, p = 0.07, ES = 0.57), mean velocity of CoP displacements (VEO) (t = 2.67, p = 0.01, ES = 0.83), mean amplitude of CoP displacements in the a-p direction (AapEO) (t = 3.38. p = 0.00, ES = 1.01) and in mean amplitude of CoP displacements in the m-l direction (AmlEO) (t = 3.68, p = 0.00, ES = 1.19). With eyes closed, girls performed significantly better (t = 2.28, p = 0.03, ES = 0.70) than boys did in the mean amplitude of COP displacements in the a-p direction (AapEO) and significantly better (t = 2.37, p = 0.03, ES = 0.71) in the mean amplitude of COP displacements in the m-l direction (AmlEC). Insignificant correlations between different balance tests, except for a correlation between the flamingo test and one-leg stance on a low beam (r = 0.558, p < 0.01), show that each test assesses different aspects of balance ability; therefore, balance cannot be assessed with a single test.

Keywords

šport;mladi;otroci;ravnotežje;telesna dejavnost;športna vzgoja;testiranje;zanesljivost;verjetnost;sport;pre-adolescents;balance;physical fitness;physical education;testing;children;reliability;validity;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UL FŠ - Faculty of Sport
UDC: 796.01-053.2
COBISS: 25105155 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 1660-4601
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary keywords: šport;mladi;otroci;ravnotežje;telesna dejavnost;športna vzgoja;testiranje;zanesljivost;verjetnost;
Type (COBISS): Article
Pages: str. 1-13
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ17
Issue: ǂiss. ǂ15
Chronology: July 2020
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17155474
ID: 14249372