Abstract:
Objectives: Undiagnosed balance disorders during childhood can negatively affect children’s
functional abilities such as reading and school performance. The Pediatric Clinical Test of
Sensory Interaction for Balance (P-CTSIB) reflects how children combine and use different
sensory information to react to different conditions in the static balance. This study aimed to
examine balance control in normal 4-6 years old children in Tehran, Iran using P-CTSIB.
Methods: This was a descriptive-analytical study conducted on 121, 4-6 years old preschools
children in Tehran. The P-CTSIB includes 12 conditions that are a combination of visual
conditions (eyes open, eyes closed wearing visual-conflict dome), support surface (stand on
firm surface or foam), and feet positions (feet-together and heel-toe). Descriptive statistics
(mean and standard deviation) and repeated measures and post-hoc tests were used for age and
gender comparisons. Results: Average standing time, anterior-posterior sway, and lateral sway in the P-CTSIB conditions were evaluated in different age groups. Different age groups had significantly different scores on the three items of the test (P<0.05), but there was no significant gender difference (P>0.05). Discussion: Given that all children had a better performance on the feet together position in P-CTSIB, this position can be used to assess balance performance in all 4-6 years old children.
Machine summary:
Research Paper: Investigating Static Balance Control in 4- to 6-Year-Old Children by Pediatric Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction for Balance Nushin Sayadi1 , Yones Lotfi1* , Amir Hossein Kahlaee2 , Parisa Jalilzadeh Afshari1 , Enayatollah Bakhshi3 1.
Investigating Static Balance Control in 4- to 6-Year- Old Children by Pediatric Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction for Balance.
3. 271 Funding: See Page 286 Copyright: The Author(s) A B S T R A C T Article info: Received: 25 Mar 2018 Accepted: 20 Jul 2018 Available Online: 01 Sep 2018 Keywords: Postural balance, Children, Balance test, Pediatric Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction for Balance (PCTSIB) Objectives: Undiagnosed balance disorders during childhood can negatively affect children’s functional abilities such as reading and school performance.
com 271 September 2018, Volume 16, Number 3 Highlights I ranian Rehabilitation Journal ● The Pediatric Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction for Balance reflects how children use different sensory informa- tion to maintain static balance.
Descriptive data for standing duration in heel-toe position in P-CTSIB (View the image of this page)I ranian Rehabilitation Journal September 2018, Volume 16, Number 3 (View the image of this page) ance control of the children improved, average standing time increased, and the amount of sway decreased, with increase in age.
I ranian Rehabilitation Journal September 2018, Volume 16, Number 3 (View the image of this page) children could not control their balance for more than 3 seconds in the 5 and 6 heel-toe positions.