Anthropometric Profile and Physical Activity Level as Predictors of Postural Balance in Overweight and Obese Children
Overweightness and obesity can negatively influence many activities, including postural balance and locomotion, increasing predisposition to injury and risk of falls due to limitations on the biomechanics of daily living. The present study aimed to determine the influence of the anthropometric profi...
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| author | Eduardo Guzmán-Muñoz Guillermo Mendez-Rebolledo Cristián Núñez-Espinosa Pablo Valdés-Badilla Matías Monsalves-Álvarez Pedro Delgado-Floody Tomás Herrera-Valenzuela |
| author_facet | Eduardo Guzmán-Muñoz Guillermo Mendez-Rebolledo Cristián Núñez-Espinosa Pablo Valdés-Badilla Matías Monsalves-Álvarez Pedro Delgado-Floody Tomás Herrera-Valenzuela |
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| description | Overweightness and obesity can negatively influence many activities, including postural balance and locomotion, increasing predisposition to injury and risk of falls due to limitations on the biomechanics of daily living. The present study aimed to determine the influence of the anthropometric profile and physical activity level (PAL) on the postural balance of overweight and obese children. The sample included 387 schoolchildren (216 boys and 171 girls). The variables of the anthropometric profile studied were body mass, biped height, BMI, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), summation of folds, body composition, and somatotype. PAL was measured using the PAQ-C questionnaire. Static and dynamic postural balance were measured through an open-eye (OE) and closed-eye (CE) posturographic test and the SEBTm, respectively. For static balance, the significant models were for mediolateral velocity (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.42 in OA; R<sup>2</sup> = 0.24 in OC), anteroposterior velocity (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.21 in OA; R<sup>2</sup> = 0.27 in OC), and mean velocity (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.27 in OA; R<sup>2</sup> = 0.46 in OC), where the predictors of low performance were younger age, male sex, overweight/obese nutritional status, greater thickness of skin folds, less tendency to mesomorphy, and greater fat mass. On the other hand, for dynamic postural balance, the significant models were observed in the previous direction (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.39), posteromedial (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.57), and posterolateral (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.56), where the variables that predict a low performance were low PAL, overweight/obese nutritional status, and high WHR. Overweight and obese children presented a deficit in static and dynamic postural balance, enhanced by variables such as gender, age, PAL, and anthropometric characteristics related to adiposity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b0b2568aca2f4b499902d151c4c0d8572023-11-30T21:15:25ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2023-01-011317310.3390/bs13010073Anthropometric Profile and Physical Activity Level as Predictors of Postural Balance in Overweight and Obese ChildrenEduardo Guzmán-Muñoz0Guillermo Mendez-Rebolledo1Cristián Núñez-Espinosa2Pablo Valdés-Badilla3Matías Monsalves-Álvarez4Pedro Delgado-Floody5Tomás Herrera-Valenzuela6Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Talca 3480094, ChileEscuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Talca 3480094, ChileEscuela de Medicina, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6200000, ChileDepartamento de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca 3480094, ChileInstituto de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de O’Higgins, Rancagua 2820000, ChileDepartment of Physical Education, Sport and Recreation, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, ChileEscuela de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, el Deporte y la Salud, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago 8320000, ChileOverweightness and obesity can negatively influence many activities, including postural balance and locomotion, increasing predisposition to injury and risk of falls due to limitations on the biomechanics of daily living. The present study aimed to determine the influence of the anthropometric profile and physical activity level (PAL) on the postural balance of overweight and obese children. The sample included 387 schoolchildren (216 boys and 171 girls). The variables of the anthropometric profile studied were body mass, biped height, BMI, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), summation of folds, body composition, and somatotype. PAL was measured using the PAQ-C questionnaire. Static and dynamic postural balance were measured through an open-eye (OE) and closed-eye (CE) posturographic test and the SEBTm, respectively. For static balance, the significant models were for mediolateral velocity (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.42 in OA; R<sup>2</sup> = 0.24 in OC), anteroposterior velocity (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.21 in OA; R<sup>2</sup> = 0.27 in OC), and mean velocity (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.27 in OA; R<sup>2</sup> = 0.46 in OC), where the predictors of low performance were younger age, male sex, overweight/obese nutritional status, greater thickness of skin folds, less tendency to mesomorphy, and greater fat mass. On the other hand, for dynamic postural balance, the significant models were observed in the previous direction (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.39), posteromedial (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.57), and posterolateral (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.56), where the variables that predict a low performance were low PAL, overweight/obese nutritional status, and high WHR. Overweight and obese children presented a deficit in static and dynamic postural balance, enhanced by variables such as gender, age, PAL, and anthropometric characteristics related to adiposity.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/1/73postural controladipositypediatric obesity |
| spellingShingle | Eduardo Guzmán-Muñoz Guillermo Mendez-Rebolledo Cristián Núñez-Espinosa Pablo Valdés-Badilla Matías Monsalves-Álvarez Pedro Delgado-Floody Tomás Herrera-Valenzuela Anthropometric Profile and Physical Activity Level as Predictors of Postural Balance in Overweight and Obese Children Behavioral Sciences postural control adiposity pediatric obesity |
| title | Anthropometric Profile and Physical Activity Level as Predictors of Postural Balance in Overweight and Obese Children |
| title_full | Anthropometric Profile and Physical Activity Level as Predictors of Postural Balance in Overweight and Obese Children |
| title_fullStr | Anthropometric Profile and Physical Activity Level as Predictors of Postural Balance in Overweight and Obese Children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anthropometric Profile and Physical Activity Level as Predictors of Postural Balance in Overweight and Obese Children |
| title_short | Anthropometric Profile and Physical Activity Level as Predictors of Postural Balance in Overweight and Obese Children |
| title_sort | anthropometric profile and physical activity level as predictors of postural balance in overweight and obese children |
| topic | postural control adiposity pediatric obesity |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/1/73 |
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