Balance Functional Assessment in People with Visual Impairment

The aims of this study were twofold: to assess the level of balance of people with visual impairment against the BOT-2 standard scores for the able-bodied, and to identify in which trials subjects had the greatest difficulties in maintaining balance with respect to the degree of vision loss and age...

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Published in:Journal of human kinetics 2015-12, Vol.48 (1), p.99-109
Main Authors: Rutkowska, Izabela, Bednarczuk, Grzegorz, Molik, Bartosz, Morgulec-Adamowicz, Natalia, Marszałek, Jolanta, Kaźmierska-Kowalewska, Kalina, Koc, Krzysztof
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Language:English
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body balance
functional tests
people with visual impairment
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Summary:The aims of this study were twofold: to assess the level of balance of people with visual impairment against the BOT-2 standard scores for the able-bodied, and to identify in which trials subjects had the greatest difficulties in maintaining balance with respect to the degree of vision loss and age categories. One hundred twenty-seven subjects with visual impairment aged 6-16 years, participated in the study (68 girls and 59 boys). The division for partially sighted people (61) and the blind (66) was made according to the WHO classification. Functional balance assessment was made using a balance subtest from the Bruininks-Oseretsky test. Significant relationships were noticed between age and the level of balance (χ = 8.35 p
ISSN:1640-5544
1899-7562
1899-7562
DOI:10.1515/hukin-2015-0096