[Influence of obesity on postural capacities of teenagers. Preliminary study].
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this work was to define the influence of obesity on static postural control of teenagers.


METHODS
Nine obese subjects and seven non-obese subjects were characterised with stabilometric data of surface, of lengths and spontaneous sway in the lateral (X) and antero-posterior (Y) axis with open eyes and closed eyes in two conditions on firm floor and foam floor condition.


RESULTS
For length data, significative differences were observed between the two groups for the opened eyes condition (p < 0.02) and eyes closed (p < 0.03) during foam floor condition.


CONCLUSIONS
During experimental solicitations, obesity influences significatively the postural control of teenagers. Instead of systematic statistic differences, we observed a decrease in balance capacities of obese subjects. The effects of fat tissue distributions were not verified.
Bernard
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Laboratoire Sport Performance Santé, UFR APS, 700 avenue du Pic-Saint-Loup, 34090 Montpellier, France. pierrick.bernard@staps.univ-montp1.fr
Geraci
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Hue
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Amato
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Seynnes
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Lantieri
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D000293:Adolescent; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001823:Body Composition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D004856:Postural Balance; D011187:Posture