Correlation between Functional Reach Test and Y-Balance Test on Stable versus Unstable Surface in Children of Age 6-To-12 Years

A.A. Deshmukh¹ , A. Wakil² , M.S. Deshpande³

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.7 , Issue.7 , pp.30-35, Jul-2021

Online published on Jul 31, 2021

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Abstract :
Background: Balance plays an important role among children.There are many tests help to assess both static and dynamic standing balance in children i.e. Functional reach test (FRT) and Lower quarter Y-balance test (YBT-LQ). It was found these two tests can be used interchangeably. Till date no study performed to correlate the values of FRT and YBT-LQ in the age group of 6to12 years, on stable surface(SS) and unstable surface(US), hence present study aim to find correlation among FRT and YBT-LQ, 6-to-12 years children, on SS as well as US. Methods:An analytical study was performed on total 280 healthy subjects (140 boys and 140 girls) and divided into 7 subgroups [(each, 40 subjects (20 boys, 20 girls)] of age 6to12 years selected from two schools by simple randomization method. The average value of FRT and YBT-LQ ,three trials each,on stable surface and unstable surface were calculated and recorded for further analysis. Results:Data analysis was performed and Karl Pearson correlation of coefficient was used between FRT and YBT-LQ, on SS and US. FRT showed low correlation with YBT-LQ on both SS and US(r= 0.3 to 0.5). FRT on SS showed very high correlation with FRT on US (r= 0.91). YBT-LQ on SS in all the three directions shows very high correlation with YBT-LQ on US (r= 0.94 to 0.98). As the age advances from 6to12 years, the values showed significant increase in both FRT and YBT-LQ, on SS and US. Conclusion:FRT and YBT-LQ showed low correlation on SS as well as US, in 6to12 years children. Hence, they cannot be used interchangeably.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Standing Balance, Children, Stable And Unstable Surface, Functional Reach,Y- Balance Test ,Lower Quarter

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