Postural stability in school-age children with mild bronchial asthma disease (a pilot study)

Kováčiková, Zuzana Postural stability in school-age children with mild bronchial asthma disease (a pilot study) / Zuzana Kováčiková ... [et al]. -- Objective: This study assessed the postural stability in children with asthma using balance tests under conditions of a comfortable foot placement and with a foot placement provoking instability. Methods: A group of 10 school children from 8 to 10 years old with mild intermittent asthma and 10 healthy children of the same age range performed four balance tests in a randomized order: preferred stance, adjusted stance, and tandem stance each under both conditions of eyes opened (EO) and eyes closed (EC), as well as a one-legged stance with eyes-opened conditions. To determine postural stability, the center of pressure (CoP) movement was recorded. Basic stabilographic parameters were calculated: CoP velocity in the anterior-posterior direction, CoP velocity in the medial-lateral direction, and the total CoP velocity. Results: Statistically significant differences between the groups were found only for the one-legged stance. Significantly greater anterior-posterior CoP velocity (p = 0.05) and total CoP velocity (p = 0.03) were found in children with asthma when standing on the preferred foot. A significantly greater medial-lateral velocity (p = 0.02) was also found in the non-preferred foot of children with asthma. Conclusions: We can conclude that standing on one leg might be an appropriate test with which to identify balance differences between young children with mild intermittent asthma and healthy children.

In Journal of Asthma. -- Abingdon : Taylor & Francis Group, 2016. -- ISSN 0277-0903. -- ISSN 1532-4303. -- Vol. 53, no. 1 (2016), pp. 11-14

1. bronchiálna astma 2. posturálne poruchy 3. deti školského veku

I. Neumannová, Kateřina
II. Bizovská, Lucia
III. Rýdlová, Jana
IV. Šiška, Martin, 1985-
V. Janura, Miroslav
VI. Journal of Asthma. -- Vol. 53, no. 1 (2016), pp. 11-14

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