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[08測-ポ-04]Relationship Between Child Locomotive Syndrome Assessment and Jumping Distance as well as Balance Beam Walking Time in Infants
*Sakiko Ukita1, Shinichi Demura2, Toshiro SATO3, Hiroki Aoki4 (1. Kanto Gakuin Univ., College of Education, 2. College of Human and Social Sciences, Kanazawa Univ., 3. Niigata University of Health and Welfare, 4. Fukui Institute of Technology,Fukui College)
Background: To detect signs of musculoskeletal dysfunction (locomotive syndrome [LS]) in children, LS assessment (of whether or not LS is suspected) is sometimes performed. However, the relationship between child LS assessment and exercise performance has not been examined in detail.
Objective: To examine the relationship between child LS assessment, jumping distance, and balance beam walking time in infants.
Methods: The subjects were 49 healthy infants (24 boys and 25 girls). For the LS assessment, the subjects were given an LS test consisting of four items (shoulder raise, 5-second one-leg standing, forward bending, and squatting), each of which was checked for completion, and then their standing, long jump distance, and balance beam walking time were measured. If the subjects could complete all four items of the LS test, they were assessed as not suspected of having LS (non-LS group; 25 subjects), and if they could not complete even one item, they were assessed as suspected of having LS (LS group; 24 subjects).Results: The results of an unpaired t-test showed that between the two groups, there was no significant difference in mean standing long jump distance but a significant difference in mean balance beam walking time, which was shorter in the non-LS group than in the LS group. Compared to the LS group, the non-LS group showed no difference in standing long jump but was assessed to be better in balance beam walking.
Conclusion: The group assessed as not suspected of having LS through the child LS assessment had a shorter balance beam walking time than the group suspected of having LS.
Objective: To examine the relationship between child LS assessment, jumping distance, and balance beam walking time in infants.
Methods: The subjects were 49 healthy infants (24 boys and 25 girls). For the LS assessment, the subjects were given an LS test consisting of four items (shoulder raise, 5-second one-leg standing, forward bending, and squatting), each of which was checked for completion, and then their standing, long jump distance, and balance beam walking time were measured. If the subjects could complete all four items of the LS test, they were assessed as not suspected of having LS (non-LS group; 25 subjects), and if they could not complete even one item, they were assessed as suspected of having LS (LS group; 24 subjects).Results: The results of an unpaired t-test showed that between the two groups, there was no significant difference in mean standing long jump distance but a significant difference in mean balance beam walking time, which was shorter in the non-LS group than in the LS group. Compared to the LS group, the non-LS group showed no difference in standing long jump but was assessed to be better in balance beam walking.
Conclusion: The group assessed as not suspected of having LS through the child LS assessment had a shorter balance beam walking time than the group suspected of having LS.
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