Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: August | Volume: 7 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 189-186
The Reference Values of YBT-LQ in Indian School Going Children- A Cross Sectional Study
Abhijeet Arun Deshmukh
Associate Professor, Department of Neuro-Physiotherapy, VSPM’s College Of Physiotherapy, Digdoh Hills, Hingna, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Balance plays an important role in growing children for playing, jumping, hopping and running activities. These sports like activities need dynamic balance to perform without falls. YBT –LQ is reliable tool to evaluate both static and dynamic balance on lower limb in standing. Among children of age 6 to 12 years reference values are not available in literature. Hence present study determine reference values of Y-Balance Test-Lower Quarter(YBT-LQ) in Indian school going children and to find out correlation of anthropometric measures, age and gender with YBT-LQ.
Material and Methods: Total 364 typically developing children were randomly selected of both genders (182 boys and 182 girls) of age 6to12 years. Three successive trials of YBT-LQ were performed for each leg in standing on Y-balance kit. The mean of three successful trials was noted for three directions of YBT-LQ for lower extremities.
Data analysis and Results: ANOVA and Bonferroni test were used to analyze correlation and association of YBT-LQ values with anthropometric data, age and gender respectively with 95% of confidence interval. The reference values of YBT-LQ of anterior, posteromedial and posterolateral reach values ranged from 45.54cm to 76.48cm, 60.77cm to 102.8cm and 60.58cm to 99.96cm respectively in children age 6 to12 years. Height, age and gender are the contributing factors affecting YBT-LQ reach scores.
Conclusion: The reference values of YBT-LQ can be use as baseline data for balance evaluation in children of age 6 to 12 years. Height is the major factor causing variations in YBT-LQ reach scores.
Keywords: Balance, India, School Children, YBT-LQ, Height, Gender.
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