Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: March | Volume: 11 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 136-141
A Survey of Balance in Healthy School Going Obese Children between the Age Group of 8 to 12 Years Using Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS)
Nikita Vishnu Sawant1, Jui Dave2
1Assistant Professor, The SIA College of Health Sciences, College of Physiotherapy, Dombivli, Thane
2Professor, TPCT’s Terna Physiotherapy College, Nerul, Navi Mumbai
Corresponding Author: Nikita Vishnu Sawant
ABSTRACT
Purpose: Evidences show that childhood obesity is significantly associated with presence of many musculoskeletal, neurological and cardiovascular risk factors in childhood. Most common issue caused by functional problems related to childhood obesity is physical imbalance causing fall. Repeated falls lead to physical injury which may result into painful movements of injured joints, inadequate strength to perform activities or altered biomechanics of the injured joints which minimizes participation in social and sports activities. This has a negative impact on quality of life of that respective obese child. Thus, the present study is done to survey the balance among obese children between age group of 8 to 12 years and to form baseline for estimation of frequency of fall among them.
Aim and objective: The aim and objective of the study is to survey balance among healthy school going obese children and find out which component is most commonly affected in pediatric balance scale.
Method: Cross sectional study.
Result: Results indicate that average mean of PBS score of healthy obese children is 19.71 with mode of 17 with median of 20.
Conclusion: This study concludes that PBS scores of healthy obese children remain on lower side in most cases. Item analysis showed that domain including standing on one foot is severely affected followed by domain including alternate foot on stool.
Key words: pediatric balance scale, childhood obesity, balance.