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Evaluation of Postural Stability in Children: Current Theories and Assessment Tools
Abstract
Children with many types of motor dysfunction have problems maintaining postural stability. Because maintenance of postural stability is an integral part of all movements, therapists evaluate and treat to improve postural stability in these children. This article reviews current pediatric assessment tools for postural stability and issues affecting testing this construct in children. The tests and measurements are classified according to their testing purpose and the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research disablement framework, focusing on the impairment and functional limitation dimensions. Postural stability is defined from a systems perspective with tests related to the sensory, motor, and biomechanical systems described. Reliability and validity information on the measurements is discussed. Relatively few measurements of postural stability in children are available that have acceptable reliability and validity documentation. Suggestions for research on test development in this area are discussed.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Westcott, S. L., Lowes, L. P., & Richardson, P. K.
- Affiliations
- Texas Woman's University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Westcott, Sarah L
- ORCID
- Lowes, Linda Pax
- Venue
- Physical Therapy
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1997-06-01
- Volume
- 77
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 629-645
- ISSN
- 0031-9023 (ISSN-L)
- 1538-6724
- OpenAlex
- W2166491219
- Cited by
- 215
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 6.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Physical Therapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Keywords
- postural stability, children, motor impairment, test reliability, test validity, sensory systems, motor system, biomechanics, test development
- MeSH terms
- Activities of Daily Living, Adolescent, Age Factors, Biomechanical Phenomena, Child, Child, Preschool, Postural Balance, Humans, Infant, Posture, Sensation Disorders, Vestibular Function Tests, Reproducibility of Results, Physical Therapy Modalities
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