Back-Carrying in Children Is Related to Lower Limb Development

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/263" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/263</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9020263" target="_blank" >10.3390/children9020263</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Back-Carrying in Children Is Related to Lower Limb Development

Original language description

Back-carrying of children is a culturally accepted method of transport and safekeeping of babies in many cultures. Developmental consequences related to back-carrying practices have not been directly investigated. This study determined the relationship between frontal and transverse plane lower limb (LL) development, and back-carrying practices, in black Setswana-speaking children. In 691 2- to 9-year-old Setswana-speaking children, the tibiofemoral angle, intermalleolar distance, femoral anteversion angle (AVA) and tibial torsion angle (TTA), were measured to determine LL development. Back-carrying practices were recorded with a questionnaire and Classification and Regression Tree (CART) was used for the analyses. Significant (p &lt; 0.001) relationships, between back-carrying practices and LL development, were discovered. Statistically significant greater genu valgum (F(5, 690) = 7.2, p &lt; 0.001), greater internal TTAs (F(9, 684) = 17.8, p &lt; 0.001), and smaller AVAs (F(13, 685) = 5.1, p &lt; 0.001) were observed in children back-carried more frequently than children back-carried less frequently. There are relationships between back-carrying practices and LL development in both the frontal and transverse plane. However, the genu valgum, internal TTA and smaller AVA noted in more frequently back-carried children is still within normal limits, thus no educational intervention in back-carrying methods or durations is required. Further research should determine the exact back-carrying practice factors (age until which the child is back-carried) impacting lower limb development the greatest.

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

2022

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Children

ISSN

2227-9067

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

263-273

UT code for WoS article

000763475100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85125094881