The Relationship of Stability Performance and the Physical Growth Characteristics of Preschool Children

Erbaugh, Sarah J.

doi:10.1080/02701367.1984.10605349

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“…According to previous research independent walking is influenced by a variety of factors such as the maturation of the central nervous system [2,3], walking experience [4], changes in the muscle-to-fat ratio [5], postural stability of the head and trunk [6], musculo-skeletal growth [7], and body dimensions [3,4]. Several researchers emphasised the role of the biomechanical components of the body in determining the walking pattern [3,[8][9][10][11][12]. The laws of physics suggest that infants' body dimensions should affect their ability to resist gravity for crawling and walking [13].…”

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A cross-sectional study about the relationship between morphology and step-time parameters in children between 15 and 36 months

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Morphology and step-time parameters were recorded in 100 children between 15 and 36 months to investigate the relation between morphology and the walking pattern. A footfall method was used to register step-time parameters. Next, the differences in step-time parameters between four morphological classes were assigned with a multiple analysis of variance. We also performed stepwise linear regressions with a correction for walking experience, to examine the relation between detailed morphological measurements and step-time parameters. The results of these regressions show a significant relation between pelvis span/ankle spread ratio and the relative radii of gyration in the frontal plane of head and pelvis. It is hypothesized that the morphology of the head and pelvis plays a role in the coordination of the walking pattern.

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A cross-sectional study about the relationship between morphology and step-time parameters in children between 15 and 36 months

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“…Relationships among 29 anthropometric variables, including somatotype, and balance performance were considered in 3 and 4 year old children [Erbaugh, (1984)]. Seven variables -leg length/tibial height ratio, foot length and breadth, estimated leg muscle area, abdominal and chest circumferences, and ectomorphy -accounted for 55% of the variance in walking on an elevated balance beam (71 cm above the fl oor).…”

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Motor Development during Infancy and Early Childhood: Overview and Suggested Directions for Research

Malina

2004

Int. J. Sport Health Sci.

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The development of motor competence during infancy and childhood is dependent upon and infl uenced by the growth and maturity characteristics of the child interacting with the environment in which a child is reared. Environmental opportunities and restraints for movement interact with the biological substrates of growth and maturation to determine the motor repertoire of the child. This paper provides a brief overview of motor development during infancy and early childhood and then highlights several specifi c areas and/or questions: critical evaluation of stages for specifi c movement patterns; extension of the dynamical systems framework; genotypic contributions to motor development; metabolic and physiological correlates of motor development; relationship of motor development to the growth of the brain, status at birth and early postnatal growth; and social contexts of motor development.

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“…To our knowledge, however, information about inertial parameters of segments is not available for toddlers between 15 and 36 months, which is the critical age for the development of important motor skills such as walking and running. Several researchers emphasized the potential importance of anthropometric characteristics for the development of locomotion (Shirley, 1931;Garn, 1966;Erbaugh, 1984;Thelen et al 1989). Therefore, systematic analyses of the relationship between motor development and specific measures of size, body proportions, and body composition during early childhood are needed (Malina, 2004).…”

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Growth of segment parameters and a morphological classification for children between 15 and 36 months

2008

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This study is part of a research program that aims at a better understanding of the influence of individual morphological differences and physical growth on development of independent walking in toddlers. As morphometric and segment inertial parameters for toddlers aged between 15 and 36 months are indispensable for the mechanical analyses inherent to this purpose, parameter data were collected. The provided dataset of morphological and segment inertial parameters is a valuable tool for locomotor biomechanical modelling. Analysis of the parameter data showed that there are substantial changes of most segment inertial parameters across body length and body mass. In addition, a classification system was developed to categorize toddlers on the basis of morphometry, reflecting the segment inertial constitution of the child. A principal components analysis (PCA) was applied to define the variance in physique between the children. PCA resulted in three newly composed variables: the ' Axis of chubbiness ', the ' Axis of allometric growth ' and the ' Axis of relative limb length '. The three axes are plotted against each other, resulting in eight morphological classes. With this classification the morphotype of toddlers between 15 and 36 months can be specified and used for further research on their walking patterns.

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The Relationship of Stability Performance and the Physical Growth Characteristics of Preschool Children

Cited by 11 publications

References 7 publications

A cross-sectional study about the relationship between morphology and step-time parameters in children between 15 and 36 months

A cross-sectional study about the relationship between morphology and step-time parameters in children between 15 and 36 months

Motor Development during Infancy and Early Childhood: Overview and Suggested Directions for Research

Growth of segment parameters and a morphological classification for children between 15 and 36 months

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