Reference values and equations reference of balance for children of 8 to 12 years

Publication date: February 2018
Source:Gait & Posture, Volume 60
Author(s): Thiele de Cássia Libardoni, Carolina Buzzi da Silveira, Larissa Milani Brognoli Sinhorim, Anamaria Siriani de Oliveira, Márcio José dos Santos, Gilmar Moraes Santos
PurposeThere are still no normative data in balance sway for school-age children in Brazil. We aimed to establish the reference ranges for balance scores and to develop prediction equations for estimation of balance scores in children aged 8 to 12 years old.MethodsThe study included 165 healthy children (83 boys and 82 girls; age, 8–12 years) recruited from a public school in the city of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. We used the Sensory Organization Test to assess the balance scores and both a digital scale and a stadiometer to measure the anthropometric variables. We tested a stepwise multiple-regression model with sex, height, weight, and mid-thigh circumference of the dominant leg as predictors of the balance score.ResultsFor all experimental conditions, girls’ age accounted for over 85% of the variability in balance scores; while, boys’ age accounted only 55% of the variability in balance scores. Therefore, balance scores increase with age for boys and girls.ConclusionThis study described the ranges of age- and sex-specific normative values for balance scores in children during 6 different testing conditions established by the sensory organization test. We confirmed that age was the predictor that best explained the variability in balance scores in children between 8 and 12 years old. This study stimulates a new and more comprehensive study to estimate balance scores from prediction equations for overall Brazilian pediatric population.



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