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Static and Dynamic Balance Assessment in Healthy and Concussed Adolescent Athletes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to explore the utilization of the Y Balance Test (YBT) alongside the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) during examination of healthy adolescent athletes (14-18 year old) as well as those with acute and chronic concussion.

Design

A repeated-measures study of balance in a cross-sectional convenience sample of adolescents participating in high-school athletics.

Setting

Data were collected on healthy athletes in their school setting for comparison purposes and on concussed athletes in the physical therapy rehabilitation center at the hospital.

Participants

Participants were a convenience sample of male and female athletes between the ages of 14 to 18 year old [180 healthy (111 male, 69 female) and 44 (28 male, 16 female) with concussion].

Assessment of risk factors

All participants were cleared for participation by preparticipation examination or by the treating sport medicine physician.

Main outcome measures

Healthy athletes performed the YBT, a dynamic assessment of balance. Athletes with concussion also performed the BESS, a static assessment of balance.

Results

Means for each YBT reach direction were statistically different for both healthy males and females ( P < 0.05). Within both the acute and chronic subsets of the concussed sample, some participants performed over the median value for the BESS but not the YBT.

Conclusions

These data may suggest that dynamic balance testing in conjunction with static balance testing could be valuable in both the acute and chronic phases of concussion to ensure a comprehensive assessment of the necessary balance skills for athletic play.

SUBMITTER: Lowe L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8958180 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Static and Dynamic Balance Assessment in Healthy and Concussed Adolescent Athletes.

Lowe Leah L Castillo Fernando F Gokun Yevgeniya Y Williams David K DK Israel Michael M Yates Charlotte C

Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine 20210928 4

<h4>Objective</h4>The purpose of this study was to explore the utilization of the Y Balance Test (YBT) alongside the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) during examination of healthy adolescent athletes (14-18 year old) as well as those with acute and chronic concussion.<h4>Design</h4>A repeated-measures study of balance in a cross-sectional convenience sample of adolescents participating in high-school athletics.<h4>Setting</h4>Data were collected on healthy athletes in their school setting for ...[more]

PMID: 34596064

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Dataset Information

Static and Dynamic Balance Assessment in Healthy and Concussed Adolescent Athletes.

Objective

Design

Setting

Participants

Assessment of risk factors

Main outcome measures

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Static and Dynamic Balance Assessment in Healthy and Concussed Adolescent Athletes.

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