title: Postural control of typical developing boys during the transition from double-leg stance to single-leg stance.
abstract: Literature is lacking information about postural control performance of typically developing children during a transition task from double-leg stance to single-leg stance. The purpose of the present study was therefore to evaluate the clinical feasibility of a transition task in typical developing age groups as well as to study the correlation between associated balance measures and age.Thirty-three typically developing boys aged 6-20 years performed a standard transition task from DLS to SLS with eyes open (EO) and eyes closed (EC). Balance features derived from the center of pressure displacement captured by a single force platform were correlated with age on the one hand and considered for differences in the perspective of limb dominance on the other hand.All TDB (typically developing boys) were able to perform the transition task with EO. With respect to EC condition, all TDB from the age group 6-7 years and the youngest of the age group 8-12 years (N = 4) were unable to perform the task. No significant differences were observed between the balance measures of the dominant and non-dominant limbs.With respect to EO condition, correlation analyses indicated that time to new stability point (TNSP) as well as the sway measure after this TNSP were correlated with age (p < 0.0001). For the EC condition, only the anthropometrically scaled sway measure was found to be correlated (p = 0.03).
  
  
  
  The results provide additional insight into balance development in childhood and may serve as a useful basis for assessing balance impairments in higher functioning children with musculoskeletal problems. What is Known: • Reference data regarding postural balance of typically developing children during walking, running, sit-to-stand, and bipodal and unipodal stance has been well documented in the literature. • These reference data provided not only insight into the maturation process of the postural control system, but also served in diagnosing and managing functional repercussions of neurological and orthopedic pathologies. What is New: • Objective data regarding postural balance of typical developing children during a transition task from double-leg stance to single-leg stance. • Insight into the role of maturation on the postural control system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Sciences-Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Group, KULeuven, Tervuursevest 101, B-3001, Leuven (Heverlee), Belgium. kevin.deschamps@faber.kuleuven.be.|Division of Podiatry, Institut D'Enseignement Supérieur Parnasse Deux-Alice, Avenue Mounier 84, B-1200, Bruxelles, Belgium. kevin.deschamps@faber.kuleuven.be.|Department of Podiatry, Artevelde University College, Kantienberg, 900, Ghent, Belgium. kevin.deschamps@faber.kuleuven.be.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Deschamps
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Sciences-Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Group, KULeuven, Tervuursevest 101, B-3001, Leuven (Heverlee), Belgium.
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Staes
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Sciences- Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, KULeuven, Herestraat 49, box 911, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Kathelijne
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Peerlinck
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Sciences- Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, KULeuven, Herestraat 49, box 911, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Kristel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Van Geet
authors.affiliation: Service d'hématologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Bruxelles, Belgium.
authors.forename: Cedric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hermans
authors.affiliation: Service d'hématologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Bruxelles, Belgium.|Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Computer Assisted Robotic Surgery (CARS), Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Bruxelles, Belgium.
authors.forename: Sebastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lobet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Balance; Postural control; Transition task; Typically developing children