Balance tests in pre-adolescent children

retest reliability, construct validity, and relative ability

Vedrana Sember (Avtor), Janja Grošelj (Avtor), Maja Bučar Pajek (Avtor)

Povzetek

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.

Ključne besede

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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Jezik:	Angleški jezik
Leto izida:	2020
Tipologija:	1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
Organizacija:	UL FŠ - Fakulteta za šport
UDK:	796.01-053.2
COBISS:	25105155
ISSN:	1660-4601
Št. ogledov:	171
Št. prenosov:	100
Ocena:	0 (0 glasov)
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Sekundarni jezik:	Slovenski jezik
Sekundarne ključne besede:	šport;mladi;otroci;ravnotežje;telesna dejavnost;športna vzgoja;testiranje;zanesljivost;verjetnost;
Vrsta dela (COBISS):	Članek v reviji
Strani:	str. 1-13
Letnik:	ǂVol. ǂ17
Zvezek:	ǂiss. ǂ15
Čas izdaje:	July 2020
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph17155474
ID:	14249372