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.

[An assessment of work ability after the completion of rehabilitation as part of disability pension prevention of the Social Insurance Institution among people with chronic musculoskeletal diseases].

Background: The increasing number of people receiving benefits due to incapacity for work is a heavy burden for the state budget. In order to reduce the scale of this phenomenon, the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) carries out a rehabilitation program as part of disability pension prevention.

Material And Methods: The study was based on the analysis of medical documentation of 607 patients rehabilitated at the Saint Queen Jadwiga's Regional Clinical Hospital No.

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.