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Postural Stability in Healthy Child and Youth Athletes: The Effect of Age, Sex, and Concussion-Related Factors on Performance.
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- An association between excessive valgus hindfoot alignment and postural stability during single-leg standing in adolescent athletes.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Test-Retest Reliability of Postural Control Assessment on Biodex BioSway™.BioMed research international · 2022Article
- Individual Baseline Balance Assessments in a Large Sample of Incoming NCAA Division I Athletes Using a Force Plate System.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2021Article
- Dynamic Visual Stimulations Produced in a Controlled Virtual Reality Environment Reveals Long-Lasting Postural Deficits in Children With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Neuromuscular performance of balance and posture control in childhood and adolescence.Heliyon · 2020Article
- Clinical and Device-based Metrics of Gait and Balance in Diagnosing Youth Concussion.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2020Article
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- Normative Data for the BTrackS Balance Test Concussion-Management Tool: Results From 10 045 Athletes Aged 8 to 21 Years.Journal of athletic training · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundPostural stability plays a key role in sport performance, especially after concussion. Specific to healthy child and youth athletes, little is known about the influence development and sex may have on postural stability while considering other subjective clinical measures used in baseline/preinjury concussion assessment. This study aims to describe age- and sex-based trends in postural stability in uninjured child and youth athletes at baseline while accounting for concussion-related factors. HYPOTHESES: (1) Postural stability performance will improve with age, (2) females will display better postural stability compared to males, and (3) concussion-like symptoms will affect postural stability performance in healthy children and youth. STUDY
designCross-sectional study. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 3.
methodsThis study comprised 889 healthy/uninjured child and youth athletes (54% female, 46% male) between the ages of 9 and 18 years old. Participants completed preseason baseline testing, which included demographic information (age, sex, concussion history), self-report of concussion-like symptoms (Post-Concussion Symptom Inventory [PCSI]-Child and PCSI-Youth), and measures of postural stability (BioSway; Biodex Medical Systems). Two versions of the PCSI were used (PCSI-C, 9- to 12-year-olds; PCSI-Y, 13- to 18-year-olds). Postural stability was assessed via sway index under 4 sway conditions of increasing difficulty by removing visual and proprioceptive cues.
resultsIn children aged 9 to 12 years old, there were significant age- ( P < 0.05) and sex-based effects ( P < 0.05) on postural stability. Performance improved with age, and girls performed better than boys. For youth ages 13 to 18 years old, postural stability also improved with age ( P < 0.05). In both child and youth subgroups, postural stability worsened with increasing concussion-like symptoms ( P < 0.05).
conclusionThere are developmental and baseline symptom trends regarding postural stability performance. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: These findings provide a preliminary foundation for postconcussion comparisons and highlight the need for a multimodal approach in assessing and understanding physical measures such as postural stability.
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