Postural stability of adults with Down syndrome – differences between women and men

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11510%2F25%3A10472035" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11510/25:10472035 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=EBZhV93haF" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=EBZhV93haF</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2023.2277596" target="_blank" >10.1080/20473869.2023.2277596</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Postural stability of adults with Down syndrome – differences between women and men

Original language description

Objective: This study aimed to analyse differences in postural stability (PS) between adults with Down syndrome (DS) and adults without DS of the same age and to compare the PS between men and women with DS.Methods: Twenty-six individuals with DS (mean age 38.4 +/- 8.7 yrs.) and 26 individuals without DS (mean age 38.8 +/- 9.2 yrs.) participated in the study. Postural stability was measured using a pressure sensing platform MobileMat 3140 (Tekscan) in these modifications of the bipedal stance: a. wide base of support with the eyes open (WO); b. wide base of support with the eyes closed (WC); c. narrow base of support with the eyes open (NO). Six parameters of PS were compared in the statistical analysis: centre of pressure (COP) path length, COP excursion front-back, COP excursion left-right, COP velocity average, time to boundary (TTB) front-back, and TTB left-right.Results: Most PS variables (COP path length, COP excursion left-right, COP velocity average, TTB front-back) indicate significantly lower PS of adults with DS than that of the reference group (p &lt; 0.05). Some PS variables (COP path length and COP velocity average in WC, COP excursion front-back and COP excursion left-right in NO) showed differences between men and women in more demanding conditions, indicating lower PS in men with DS.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Developmental Disabilities

ISSN

2047-3869

e-ISSN

2047-3877

Volume of the periodical

71

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

598-609

UT code for WoS article

001115752700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85179954867