Balance ability of 7 and 10 year old children in the population: Results from a large UK birth cohort study

Humphriss, Rachel; Hall, Amanda; May, Margaret; Macleod, John

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.10.019

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“…), including a 20 min balance assessment which consisted of walking across a beam heel-to-toe (eyes open), standing on a beam heel-to-toe (eyes open and eyes closed) and standing on one leg (eyes open and eyes closed). The full methods and results of these balance assessments have been reported elsewhere [14].…”

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Dizziness in 10 year old children: An epidemiological study

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Hall

2011

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

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Dizziness in 10 year old children: An epidemiological study

Humphriss

Hall

2011

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

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“…24 In brief, at 10 years of age, these measures included: time to cross a 2 m balance beam, walking heel-to-toe; heel-to-toe balance on a beam, eyes open and closed (time balance maintained up to a maximum of 20 s); and standing on one leg, eyes open and closed (time balance maintained up to a maximum of 20 s). All children had two attempts at the beamwalking test and those who were unable to maintain their balance for the full 20 s had a second attempt at the tests of static balance.…”

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“…All children had two attempts at the beamwalking test and those who were unable to maintain their balance for the full 20 s had a second attempt at the tests of static balance. Composite scores were calculated as described elsewhere, 24 resulting in three balance outcome measures: dynamic balance (DB); static balance eyes open (SBEO); and static balance eyes closed (SBEC). The DB and SBEC scores were both categorised into quartiles; the SBEO score was dichotomised into maximum score versus < maximum score as the distribution of this variable was heavily right skewed with more than half of children achieving the maximum score.…”

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Prenatal alcohol exposure and childhood balance ability: findings from a UK birth cohort study

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ObjectiveTo investigate the association of prenatal alcohol exposure with balance in10-year-old children.DesignPopulation-based prospective longitudinal study.SettingFormer Avon region of UK (Southwest England).Participants6915 children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children who had a balance assessment at age 10 and had data on maternal alcohol consumption.Outcome measures3 composite balance scores: dynamic balance (beam-walking), static balance eyes open, static balance eyes closed (heel-to-toe balance on a beam and standing on one leg, eyes open or closed).ResultsMost mothers (95.5%) consumed no-to-moderate amounts (3–7 glasses/week) of alcohol during pregnancy. Higher total-alcohol consumption was associated with maternal-social advantage, whereas binge drinking (≥4 units/day) and abstinence were associated with maternal social disadvantage. No evidence was found of an adverse effect of maternal-alcohol consumption on childhood balance. Higher maternal-alcohol use during pregnancy was generally associated with better offspring outcomes, with some specific effects appearing strong (static balance eyes open and moderate total alcohol exposure at 18 weeks, adjusted OR 1.23 (95% CI 1.01 to 1.49); static balance eyes closed and moderate total alcohol exposure at 18 weeks, adjusted OR 1.25 (95% CI 1.06 to 1.48). Similar results were found for both paternal and postnatal maternal alcohol exposure. A Mendelian-randomization approach was used to estimate the association between maternal genotype and offspring balance using the non-synonymous variant rs1229984*A (ADH1B) to proxy for lower maternal alcohol consumption; no strong associations were found between this genotype/proxy and offspring balance.ConclusionsNo evidence was found to indicate that moderate maternal alcohol consumption in this population sample had an adverse effect on offspring balance at age 10. An apparent beneficial effect of higher total maternal alcohol consumption on offspring balance appeared likely to reflect residual confounding.

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“…Denge, oturma, ayakta durma ve yürüme gibi birçok günlük aktivitenin ve sportif motor becerilerin temel bileşenidir [14]. Statik dengeleme, çok az hareketli durumlarda ağırlık merkezinin konumunu korumayı içeren beceridir.…”

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35-45 Yaş Kadinlarda Beden Ki̇tle İndeksi̇ İle Postural Di̇nami̇k Denge İli̇şki̇si̇

Kerkez¹,

Kızılay²,

Arslan³

2013

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY MASS INDEX AND POSTURAL DYNAMIC BALANCE AMONG 35-45 AGED WOMEN ABSTRACTThe aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and postural dynamic balance among 35-45 aged women (n=40). It was measured BMI using Tanita BC-418 and stability indices were obtained using Biodex Stability System (eyes open and eyes closed). Subjects were tested 60 seconds, starting level 8 and finished level 3. It was found that 20% of subjects were normal (n=8), 45% were overweight (n=18), 35% were obese (n=14). There were found that statistically significantly difference between groups (normally, overweight and obese) in the open-eyed balance test (F(2,37)= 7.845, p<0.05) and there was a significant positive correlation between BMI and open-eyed balance ability (r=0.533, n=40, p<0.001). There weren't found statistically difference between groups in the closed-eyed balance test (p>0.05). In conclusion, it can be state that a decrease in balance stability is strongly correlated to an increase in body weight among 35-45 aged healthy women. This suggests that women should be healthy weight before menopausal stage and keep it because of body weight may be an important risk factor for falling.

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Balance ability of 7 and 10 year old children in the population: Results from a large UK birth cohort study

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Dizziness in 10 year old children: An epidemiological study

Dizziness in 10 year old children: An epidemiological study

Prenatal alcohol exposure and childhood balance ability: findings from a UK birth cohort study

35-45 Yaş Kadinlarda Beden Ki̇tle İndeksi̇ İle Postural Di̇nami̇k Denge İli̇şki̇si̇

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