Body Balance of Children and Youths with Visual Impairment (Pilot Study).

Aim: The study was designed to assess the effects of surface instability in the response of the balance control system in children and youths with visual impairment (BL) and in normally sighted controls (NE).

Materials And Methods: The empirical research study involved 80 individuals, aged from 6 to 20 years, with a mean age of 14.37 (±4.

Agreement of Three Posturographic Force Plates in the Assessment of Postural Stability.

This study was designed to assess how the results obtained for three different posturographic platforms agreed with each other in an assessment of static postural stability. The study included 111 young healthy participants. A measurement of postural stability was made for each participant, with their eyes open and then closed, on each platform in a random order.

Body Fat and Muscle Mass in Association with Foot Structure in Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Prior studies have investigated associations between body mass index (BMI) and foot structure; however, these studies are limited only to the evaluation of the longitudinal arch of the foot and do not evaluate associations with body composition. Therefore, this study examined associations between body fat percentage (BFP) and muscle mass percentage with foot structure in adolescents. This study was conducted with 158 healthy subjects aged from 11 to 13 years.

Assessment of Foot Shape in Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disability: A Pilot Study.

BACKGROUND Available publications provide little evidence pertaining to assessment of foot shape in children with intellectual disability. The aim of this study was to assess the parameters of foot shape in children and adolescents with intellectual disability and to evaluate the relationship between the degree of disability and these parameters. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study involved 90 individuals aged 7-15 years, including 45 subjects with mild and moderate levels of intellectual disability (study group) and 45 peers with normal intellectual development (control group).

Body Posture Asymmetry in Prematurely Born Children at Six Years of Age.

Aims: The purpose of the study was to assess body posture asymmetries in the standing and sitting position in prematurely born children at six years of age.

Study Design And Subjects: We measured trunk symmetry in coronal plane. The study was carried out in a group of 101 children, aged 6-7 years, mean age of 6.

Analysis of Relationship between the Body Mass Composition and Physical Activity with Body Posture in Children.

. Excessive body mass in turn may contribute to the development of many health disorders including disorders of musculoskeletal system, which still develops intensively at that time. .

Static balance after surgical decompression of lumbar spinal canal stenosis.

Background And Objectives: Spinal canal stenosis is the most common reason for spinal surgeries in patients over 65 years of age. The aim of the study was to assess static balance in patients prior to and after surgical decompression of lumbar spinal canal stenosis.

Material And Methods: The study population consisted of 30 patients suffering from spinal canal stenosis.

Influence of the Weight of a School Backpack on Spinal Curvature in the Sagittal Plane of Seven-Year-Old Children.

Unlabelled: The aim of the paper was to determine a correlation between the weight of a child's backpack, their body weight, and certain features of their body posture.

Material And Methods: The study group consisted of 109 children, all aged seven years. The parameters of body posture were determined using the Zebris Ultrasonic System.

Effects of carrying a backpack in an asymmetrical manner on the asymmetries of the trunk and parameters defining lateral flexion of the spine.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine changes in the body posture parameters defining asymmetry of the trunk and lateral flexion of the spine in children while carrying a backpack weighing 10% of a child's weight.

Background: Carrying a backpack may negatively affect the posture of schoolchildren and contribute to spinal pain.

Method: The study involved 162 primary school students ages 11 to 13 years.

The foot deformity versus postural control in females aged over 65 years.

Purpose: Correct foot structure is important due to locomotion and postural stability. The aim of this study was to determine the relationships between morphological foot structure and balance indices in a quiet standing position in women over 65 years of age.

Methods: The study included 116 women aged 65-90 years.

Effect of asymmetrical backpack load on spinal curvature in school children.

Background: Carrying a backpack is common among schoolchildren. The effect of backpack load on spine pain and posture defects in children is often raised in the literature. According to scientific research, the maximum backpack load that is safe for children must not exceed 10-15% of their body mass.

Effects of the sitting position on the body posture of children aged 11 to 13 years.

Background: Nowadays, children spend increasingly more time in a seated position, both at school during class and at home in front of a computer or television.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare selected parameters describing body posture and scoliosis among children in sitting and standing positions.

Methods: It was an observational, cross-sectional study involving 91 primary school children aged 11-13 years.

The effect of spinal curvature on the photogrammetric assessment on static balance in elderly women.

Background: Involutional changes to the body in elderly patients affect the shape of the spine and the activity of postural muscles. The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of age-related changes in spinal curvature on postural balance in elderly women.

Methods: The study population consisted of 90 women, with a mean age of 70 ± 8.

Effects of carrying a backpack in a symmetrical manner on the shape of the feet.

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to assess changes in the shape of the feet while carrying a backpack constituting 10% of a child's weight. It was an observational, cross-sectional study involving 118 primary school children aged 11-13 years. Selected parameters of foot shape were assessed in both a normal position and with a backpack using podoscopy and a CQ-ST examination device.