Screening for balance in children and adults in a community science education setting: Normative data,  influence of age, sex, and body mass index, and feasibility

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 5; p. e0268030
• Main Authors: Friello, Phyllis, Silver, Nathan, Sangi-Haghpeykar, Haleh, Cohen, Helen S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 18.05.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Age; Astronauts; Balance; Biology and Life Sciences; Body mass; Body Mass Index; Body size; Child; Children; Clinical trials; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Demographic aspects; Diagnosis; Disorders; Education; Environmental education; Evaluation; Feasibility Studies; Female; Foam; Foams; Gender aspects; Health aspects; Human subjects; Humans; Informed consent; Life span; Lookup tables; Male; Medical screening; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; Microgravity; Musculoskeletal diseases; Obesity; Overweight; Pandemics; Participation; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Pitch (inclination); Postural Balance; Science education; Scientific research; Screening; Sensory integration; Sex differences; Shaking; Vestibular diseases; Vestibular Diseases - diagnosis; Vestibular system; Walking; Yaw; United States

Screening standing and walking balance is useful for people suspected of having vestibular disorders, a variety of neurologic and musculoskeletal disorders, and for screening astronauts returning after exposure to microgravity. Visitors to a community science education center children and adults, ag...