Comparison of a single leg stance balance between children and adults

The aim of this study was to compare postural balance in single leg stance between typically developing children aged 8 to 11 years old and healthy adults. The participants were divided into 3 groups: 8-9 years old, 10-11 years old and 18-30 years old. A force plate (AccuSway Plus, AMTI, Inc.) was used to measure the postural balance. Each subject performed three trials lasting 30 seconds in dominant single leg stance. The parameters recorded were: center of pressure amplitude the in the anteroposterior and mediolateral directions, total path length, average velocity and 95% of the ellipse area. SPSS (version 13.0) was used for statistical analysis. Shapiro-Wilk test, One-way Anova, Bonferroni post hoc and Pearson correlation were applied. The level of significance used was p