Movement patterns of adolescents rising from a bed.
OBJECTIVE
The purposes of this study were to describe the movement patterns (MPs) adolescents use when rising from a supine position on a bed to a standing position and to determine whether these MPs vary with age across adolescence.


METHODS
Sixty nondisabled adolescents participated in the study.


METHODS
Twenty adolescents from each of three age groups (ie, 11, 14, and 17 years) were videotaped performing 10 trials of rising from a bed. The MPs of each of four body regions were described, and the most common forms of movement observed in each age group were determined.


RESULTS
The observed incidence (frequency of occurrence) of MPs in each body region varied with age, and in two of the four regions, the predominant pattern varied across age groups. Eighty-nine different forms of rising were observed, with the greatest variability among 11-year-old subjects. The most frequent forms of rising were seen in only 5% to 15% of the trials for each age group; one of these was common across age groups.


CONCLUSIONS
Therapists should consider how MPs vary with age and avoid unnecessarily using a specific approach when teaching this activity.
McCoy
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Department of Physical Therapy (M/C 889), University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago 60612.
VanSant
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D000293:Adolescent / Q000502:physiology*; D001132:Arm; D001513:Beds; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results