title: Functional Reach and Lateral Reach Tests in Turkish Children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The functional reach test (FRT) and lateral reach test (LRT) provide important measures of postural stability. The aims of this study were to (1) establish the normative values for FRT and LRT, and (2) examine the effects of age, gender, and various anthropometric measurements on FRT and LRT.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred eighty children, aged 6-12 years, completed the study. One hundred fifty-two subjects were females. The mean age was 9.0 ± 2.0 years. Each child performed two trials of FRT and LRT.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant differences were detected in any age group between males and females. The normal values of FRT ranged between 23.0 and 36.5 cm, and that of LRT between 18.0 and 28.0 cm. Height, length of upper and lower extremity, and arm span had a higher correlation with FRT. Age and weight showed a good correlation with FRT. Age, height, weight, length of upper and lower extremity, and arm span showed good correlation with LRT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These normative data will be useful for clinicians in the assessment of balance of individual children and in the diagnosis of potential balance deficits at an early age in the Turkish population.
authors.affiliation: a School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation , Dokuz Eylul University , İzmir , Turkey.|b Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation , Celal Bayar University , Manisa , Turkey.
authors.forename: Ertugrul
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yuksel
authors.affiliation: a School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation , Dokuz Eylul University , İzmir , Turkey.
authors.forename: Buse
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ozcan Kahraman
authors.affiliation: c Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation , Sifa University , İzmir , Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdurrahman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nalbant
authors.affiliation: a School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation , Dokuz Eylul University , İzmir , Turkey.
authors.forename: Umut Ziya
authors.initials: UZ
authors.lastname: Kocak
authors.affiliation: a School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation , Dokuz Eylul University , İzmir , Turkey.
authors.forename: Bayram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Unver
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D002648:Child; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D004856:Postural Balance; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014421:Turkey
keywords: Children; functional reach test; lateral reach test; normal values; postural balance