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[Influence of obesity on postural capacities of teenagers. Preliminary study]
1Laboratoire Sport Performance Santé, UFR APS, 700 avenue du Pic-Saint-Loup, 34090 Montpellier, France. pierrick.bernard@staps.univ-montp1.fr
Objective:
The purpose of this work was to define the influence of obesity on static postural control of teenagers.
Subjects And Method:
Nine obese subjects and seven non-obese subjects were characterised with stabilometric data of surface, of lengths and spontaneous sway in the lateral (X) and antero-posterior (Y) axis with open eyes and closed eyes in two conditions on firm floor and foam floor condition.
Results:
For length data, significative differences were observed between the two groups for the opened eyes condition (p < 0.02) and eyes closed (p < 0.03) during foam floor condition.
Conclusion:
During experimental solicitations, obesity influences significatively the postural control of teenagers. Instead of systematic statistic differences, we observed a decrease in balance capacities of obese subjects. The effects of fat tissue distributions were not verified.
