Table 2 Early, mid-term, and late effects of balance training on static and dynamic balance performance in healthy children
Parameter | INT-group (n = 22) | CON-group (n = 22) | p-value (ηp2) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre | Post 1 (early) | Post 2 (mid-term) | Post 3 (late) | Pre | Post 1 (early) | Post 2 (mid-term) | Post 3 (late) | Test | Group × Test | Group | |
One-Legged Stance test | |||||||||||
OLS time; EC–FI [s] | 9.8 ± 6.5 | 13.0 ± 11.3 | 15.0 ± 11.3 | 25.7 ± 16.6 | 15.0 ± 19.2 | 11.2 ± 16.7 | 17.9 ± 18.7 | 15.4 ± 17.6 | < 0.001 (0.15) | 0.002 (0.11) | 0.800 (0.01) |
OLS time; EO–FO [s] | 20.7 ± 14.3 | 18.8 ± 16.5 | 24.9 ± 15.9 | 30.9 ± 19.5 | 37.0 ± 21.8 | 28.1 ± 22.9 | 24.2 ± 21.7 | 28.0 ± 19.7 | 0.146 (0.04) | 0.009 (0.09) | 0.212 (0.04) |
OLS time; EC–FO [s] | 3.1 ± 1.7 | 3.7 ± 2.5 | 5.5 ± 3.6 | 7.8 ± 5.4 | 3.6 ± 2.2 | 3.6 ± 3.5 | 7.6 ± 13.5 | 5.2 ± 8.1 | 0.008 (0.09) | 0.259 (0.03) | 0.985 (0.01) |
3-m Beam Walk test | |||||||||||
6.0-cm beam width [steps] | 14.1 ± 3.2 | 14.3 ± 2.5 | 15.9 ± 0.4 | 15.6 ± 1.0 | 14.0 ± 2.8 | 14.1 ± 2.9 | 14.7 ± 2.3 | 15.1 ± 1.9 | 0.007 (0.09) | 0.662 (0.01) | 0.195 (0.04) |
4.5-cm beam width [steps] | 12.2 ± 3.8 | 13.0 ± 3.5 | 12.2 ± 4.2 | 14.7 ± 2.7 | 12.3 ± 2.9 | 11.9 ± 4.2 | 13.0 ± 3.7 | 11.5 ± 3.1 | 0.554 (0.02) | 0.007 (0.09) | 0.259 (0.03) |
3.0-cm beam width [steps] | 7.4 ± 3.1 | 9.9 ± 4.7 | 9.4 ± 3.2 | 11.7 ± 3.7 | 7.4 ± 3.9 | 8.0 ± 3.6 | 7.4 ± 4.1 | 6.1 ± 3.4 | 0.051 (0.06) | < 0.001 (0.14) | 0.006 (0.16) |