Balance control: sex and age differences in 9- to 16-year-olds

Nolan, Lee; Григоренко, А. П.; Thorstensson, Alf

doi:10.1017/s0012162205000873

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“…Regardless the practical implications, each of the latter explanations is speculative and requires a follow-up study. The large variability in the non-athletes was not surprising due to the different rate of postural maturation (Riach and Hayes 1987; Nolan et al 2005). However, these large individual differences in postural stability in children and adolescents may confound the researchers in drawing conclusions from stabilographic studies.…”

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Postural control in 13-year-old soccer players

Bieć

Kuczyński

2010

Eur J Appl Physiol

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To evaluate the effect of early systematic soccer training on postural control we measured center-of-pressure (COP) variability, range, mean velocity and frequency in bipedal quiet stance with eyes open (EO) and closed (EC) in 44 boys aged 13 (25 boys who practiced soccer for 5–6 years and 19 healthy boys who did not practice sports). The soccer players had better stability, particularly in the medial–lateral plane (M/L); their COP variability and range were lower than in controls in both EO (p < 0.05) and EC (p < 0.0005) condition indicating that the athletes were less dependent on vision than non-athletes. Improved stability of athletes was accompanied by a decrease in COP frequency (p < 0.001 in EO, and p < 0.04 in EC) which accounted for lower regulatory activity of balance system in soccer players. The athletes had lower COP mean velocity than controls (p < 0.0001 in both visual condition), with larger difference in the M/L than A/P plane (p < 0.00001 and p < 0.05, respectively). Postural behavior was more variable within the non-athletes than soccer players, mainly in the EC stances (p < 0.005 for all COP parameters). We conclude that: (1) soccer training described was efficient in improving the M/L postural control in young boys; (2) athletes developed specific postural strategies characterized by decreased COP frequency and lower reliance on vision.

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Postural control in 13-year-old soccer players

Bieć

Kuczyński

2010

Eur J Appl Physiol

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“…Nevertheless, other researchers reported significant sex differences in balance skills (e.g., Chow et al, 2001;Lam, Ip, Lui, & Koong, 2003;Lejarraga et al, 2002;Nolan, Grigorenko, & Thorstensson, 2005) and some authors recommended that the sex must be evaluated separately when investigating balance in children (Nolan et al, 2005).…”

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Handedness and developmental coordination disorder in Portuguese children: Study with the M-ABC test

Freitas

Vasconcelos

Botelho

2014

Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition

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This study aimed to examine the probable developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and to identify differences in motor performance according to handedness, sex and age in typically developing Portuguese children not engaged in out-of-school sports. The Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC) was applied to a convenience sample of 154 right-handed and 119 left-handed children (n=273), aged 4-12 (mean age=7.96 years, SD=2.38). The results suggest that the occurrence rate of probable DCD was 25.3% for right-handers and 36.1% for left-handers. This study showed a significant effect of handedness in age band 2, left-handers exhibited a higher prevalence of probable DCD than right-handers. Sex produced a significant effect, with girls performing better in manual dexterity in age band 1 and boys performing better in ball skills in age bands 2 and 3. The lower motor performances were observed in older children. These findings reinforce for Portuguese children and particularly for left-handers, the need for further investigation involving longitudinal studies and children of different handedness in the motor coordination domain. Moreover, we highlight the importance of developing physical education programmes that emphasize motor coordination parameters, especially in left-handed children.

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“…Posture is regulated via the integration of signals originating from three afferent sensory systems: the somatosensory, the vestibular and the visual systems (Peterka and Benolken 1995; Nolan et al 2005). These signals are then used by the cortex and cerebellum to produce an appropriate motor output within a changing visual environment.…”

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Postural Hypo-Reactivity in Autism is Contingent on Development and Visual Environment: A Fully Immersive Virtual Reality Study

Greffou

Bertone

Hahler

et al. 2011

J Autism Dev Disord

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Although atypical motor behaviors have been associated with autism, investigations regarding their possible origins are scarce. This study assessed the visual and vestibular components involved in atypical postural reactivity in autism. Postural reactivity and stability were measured for younger (12–15 years) and older (16–33 years) autistic participants in response to a virtual tunnel oscillating at different frequencies. At the highest oscillation frequency, younger autistic participants showed significantly less instability compared to younger typically-developing participants; no such group differences were evidenced for older participants. Additionally, no significant differences in postural behavior were found between all 4 groups when presented with static or without visual information. Results confirm that postural hypo-reactivity to visual information is present in autism, but is contingent on both visual environment and development.

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Balance control: sex and age differences in 9- to 16-year-olds

Cited by 148 publications

References 15 publications

Postural control in 13-year-old soccer players

Postural control in 13-year-old soccer players

Handedness and developmental coordination disorder in Portuguese children: Study with the M-ABC test

Postural Hypo-Reactivity in Autism is Contingent on Development and Visual Environment: A Fully Immersive Virtual Reality Study

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