Influence of overweight or obesity on the dynamic balance in 2nd cycle students of Portuguese elementary school

• Register: ANZCTR
• Last refreshed on: 28 August 2017
• Main ID: ACTRN12617001063303
• Date of registration: 21/07/2017
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Piaget Institute of Viseu
• Public title: Influence of overweight or obesity on the dynamic balance in 2nd cycle students of Portuguese elementary school
• Scientific title: Influence of childhood obesity on dynamic balance in 2nd cycle students of Portuguese elementary school
• Date of first enrolment: 1/07/2015
• Target sample size: 314
• Recruitment status: Stopped early
• URL: http://www.anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12617001063303.aspx
• Study type: Observational

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Dynamic balance

Childhood Obesity

Intervention(s)

This is an observational study aimed to understand the incidence of obesity in schoolchildren by 5th and 6th school grade students from both gender of the School Group Infante D. Henriques from Viseu, as well as the possible relation with the balance.
This 5th and 6th grade population was chosen according to two different school periods, the entrance and exiting level for the twice Basic Education Cycle, This study have taken one month from participant selection process, personal identification questionnaire fill, in order to assess body weight, a Body mass index (BMI) was conducted. Each student completes a single assessment session of approximately 30 minutes. BMI was calculated and the subjects were classified as follows: obesity, overweight, normal weight and thinness according to the proposed limits. This dues to our intent of seeing if there was already possible to compare children with BMI above ideal with children with ideal BMI in order to understand the influence of BMI and dynamic postural balance. The Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT), which is a measure of dynamic postural control, and has been chosen because it is a reliable test that evaluates dynamic stability in different planes because it is economical and validated..
The test was performed in the school gymnasium, where adhesive was applied to the soil in order to perform a star in which its segments were about 120 cm long and arranged at 45° between them, arranged with the help of the goniometer.
The children were instructed that they should engage in the interception of the ribbons (being the center), so that later they would only have one foot placed in it so that with the other foot they tried to reach as far as possible the 8 segments in the following Order: Anterior, Posterior, Lateral; Medial, Anterolateral, Posterior-medial, Antero-medial, Posterior-Lateral.
To facilitate children’s understanding, they were told that they should reach as far as possible the 8 vectors in the following order: North, South, East, West, Northeast, Southwest, Northwest, Southeast, and were also given the opportunity to experience the Before measurements are taken. The children performed the test and the measurements of the amplitudes reached by both lower limbs were taken for comparison.