The effect of body mass on performance of the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT)
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Jade Warren; Daniel Waddington; David Diep
- Source
- Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
biology
business.industry
Athletes
Transferability
Excursion
Balance test
biology.organism_classification
Data science
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Meeting Abstract
Lower limb injury
Chronic ankle instability
Medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
business
Dynamic balance
Balance (ability)
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1757-1146
Background Obesity is a global health epidemic and considered a pre-requisite to falls due to the effect of increased mass on balance capability. There is limited research on the effect of increased mass on dynamic balance. The narrow scope of research that does exist assesses balance with sophisticated instruments which lack transferability to the clinical setting. The SEBT is a common clinical tool which has proven to be reliable and sensitive in detecting chronic ankle instability and risk of lower limb injury in athletes. To date, no studies have implemented the SEBT in analysing the effect of obesity or increased mass on balance. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the effects of increased body mass on performance of the SEBT.