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Postural stability in school-age children with mild bronchial asthma disease (a pilot study).
- Source :
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The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma [J Asthma] 2016; Vol. 53 (1), pp. 11-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Aug 18. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Objective: This study assessed the postural stability in children with asthma using balance tests under conditions of a comfortable foot placement and with a foot placement provoking instability.<br />Methods: A group of 10 school children from 8 to 10 years old with mild intermittent asthma and 10 healthy children of the same age range performed four balance tests in a randomized order: preferred stance, adjusted stance, and tandem stance each under both conditions of eyes opened (EO) and eyes closed (EC), as well as a one-legged stance with eyes-opened conditions. To determine postural stability, the center of pressure (CoP) movement was recorded. Basic stabilographic parameters were calculated: CoP velocity in the anterior-posterior direction, CoP velocity in the medial-lateral direction, and the total CoP velocity.<br />Results: Statistically significant differences between the groups were found only for the one-legged stance. Significantly greater anterior-posterior CoP velocity (p = 0.05) and total CoP velocity (p = 0.03) were found in children with asthma when standing on the preferred foot. A significantly greater medial-lateral velocity (p = 0.02) was also found in the non-preferred foot of children with asthma.<br />Conclusions: We can conclude that standing on one leg might be an appropriate test with which to identify balance differences between young children with mild intermittent asthma and healthy children.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1532-4303
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26291139
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02770903.2015.1038391