Anthropometric features and postural reactions in children with scoliosis and scoliotic posture

Wilczyński Jacek, Janecka Sylwia, Wilczyński Igor. Anthropometric features and postural reactions in children with scoliosis and scoliotic posture. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(9):320-331. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.997474 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4891 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26.01.2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2017; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. 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Anthropometric features and postural reactions in children with scoliosis and scoliotic posture Cechy antropometryczne a reakcje posturalne u dzieci ze skoliozą i postawą skoliotyczną Jacek Wilczyński1, Sylwia Janecka2, Igor Wilczyński3 Department of Neurology, Neurological and Kinesiotherapeutic Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce Ph.D. student, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce Outpatient Rehabilitation Centre for Children, PZOZ in Starachowice SUMMARY Introduction. The aim of the research was to analyze the correlation between the anthropometric features and postural reactions in children with scoliosis and scoliotic posture. Material and method. The study included 28 girls aged 7-18 years old with scoliosis and scoliotic posture. Respondents were selected intentionally. Children attended to the Interschool Centre of Corrective Exercises in Starachowice. Height measurements were made by anthropometer, and the measurement of body weight was made with electronic scale. Those reactions were examined by static-dynamic Tecnobody’s ST 310 Plus Stability System platform. Variables were verified in terms of normal distribution by Shapiro-Wilk test. Depending on the compatibility of variable distributions with normal distribution, and the value of skewness and kurtosis, parametric or non-parametric tests have been used. To determine the correlation between the anthropometric variables and postural reactions the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient has been used. The level of significance was p <0,05. Conclusions. In Romberg’s test with opened eyes (OE), there were no significant correlations between the anthropometric variables and postural reactions. However, in the study with eyes closed (CE), there were significant, inversely proportional correlations between the body height and FBSD, and between the body height and AFBS. Inversely proportional correlations are understandable, because a higher children are generally slightly older, and together with age in children has been observed the reduction of postural reactions (better balance). Analysis of relationships between BMI and postural reactions with eyes closed (CE) showed a significant directly proportional correlations only with Abs AY. Higher values of BMI corresponds to the higher values of Abs AY. Key words: anthropometric features, body posture, scoliosis, scoliotic posture. STRESZCZENIE Wstęp. Celem badań była analiza korelacji między cechami antropometrycznymi a reakcjami posturalnymi u dzieci ze skoliozą i postawą skoliotyczną. Materiał i metoda. Badaniami objęto 28 dziewcząt w wieku 7-18 lat ze skoliozą i postawą skoliotyczną. Do­bór badanych był celowy. Dzieci zapisane były do Międzyszkolnego Ośrodka Gimnastyki Korekcyjnej i Kompensacyjnej w Starachowicach. Pomiary wysokościowe wykonano antropometrem a pomiar masy ciała wagą elektroniczną. Reakcje te badano statyczno-dynamiczną platformą ST 310 Plus Stability System firmy Tecnobody. Zmienne zweryfikowano pod względem normalności rozkładu testem Shapiro-Wilka. W zależności od zgodności rozkładów zmiennych z rozkładem normalnym, oraz wartości skośności i kurtozy, stosowano testy parametryczne lub nieparametryczne. Do określenia korelacji między zmiennymi antropometrycznymi a reakcjami posturalnymi zastosowano współczynnik korelacji rang Spearmana. Jako poziom istotności przy­jęto p