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Functional balance assessment with pediatric balance scale in girls with visual impairment
Justyna Zyłka1, Urszula Lach, Izabela Rutkowska
1Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center (Ms Zylka), Konstancin, Poland; Rehabilitation Department (Ms Lach), Educational Center for Blind Children, Laski, Poland; Department of Theory and Methodology of Physical Education for People with Disabilities (Dr Rutkowska), Faculty of Rehabilitation, Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland.
Purpose:
To examine functional balance abilities in girls with visual impairment (VI) and to investigate the correlation between stabilography and clinical balance assessment using the Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) in girls with VI.
Methods:
The PBS and stabilography were administered to 26 girls with VI aged 10 to 15 years. The association between PBS scores and sway parameters was examined using the Spearman correlation coefficient.
Results:
The range of PBS scores was 47 to 56. Balance difficulties appeared in single-leg stance, tandem stance, and reaching forward. The PBS scores correlated with all but 2 sway parameters, with r values ranging from -0.18 to -0.58.
Conclusions:
Girls with VI present difficulties in upright stance when the size of the base of support is narrowed and in situations where the center of gravity approaches the edge of the base of support. There is a need to provide interventions to improve balance abilities in girls with VI.
