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DOI 10.37219/2528-8253-2020-4-34
Lutsenko V., Situkho M., Antonov Y.
Evaluation of postural balance in children with normal hearing using
Wii Balance Board
Lutsenko Viktor I.
State Institution “Institute of otolaryngology named after Prof. O.S. Kolomiychenko of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine”; Kyiv, Ukraine
Head of Laboratory of Clinical Audiology and Vestibulology
Doctor of Medical Sciences
E-mail: amtc@kndio.kiev.ua

Situkho Maxim
State Institution “Institute of otolaryngology named after Prof. O.S. Kolomiychenko of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine”; Kyiv, Ukraine
Clinical Audiology and Vestibulology Laboratory
email: maxim.situkho@gmail.com

Antonov Yuri
Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Department of pathophysiology

Abstract

Posturography provides valuable information about the balance. Wii Balance Board is inexpensive and when used with specially designed software is a potentially effective tool for instrumental balance assessment.
Objective: To study the main outcome variables of postural balance in healthy children using the Wii Balance Board platform.
Methods: Postural balance parameters of 38 children with normal hearing and without vestibular complaints were recorded using Wii Balance Board and Wii Posturografie software. Way, Area, Lat, Ant-Post, AP/Lat parameters in position with eyes opened and closed were measured. Romberg Way, Romberg Area parameters were calculated.
Results: Numerical values of postural balance in children significantly increased with closed eyes position. The parameter Area, obtained during the study in open eyes, was improving with increasing the children age. The parameters of postural balance Way, Area, AP, obtained during the study with eyes closed, were likely to be decreased with increasing age of a child.
Conclusion: This paper describes the quantitative data of postural balance in healthy children obtained with the Wii Balance Board platform and Wii Posturografie software.

Keywords

Postural balance, Pediatrics, Posturography, Force platform, Wii.


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