Comparison of postural control between strabismic and non-strabismic children. / Comparativa del control postural entre niños estrábicos y no estrábicos.
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed)
; 96(1): 10-18, 2021 Jan.
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in En, Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32690373
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To compare the postural control of children with strabismus versus non-strabismus children. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Cross-sectional cohort study with a total of 171 children, including 73 children with esotropia, 24 with exotropia, and 74 controls. Postural control was determined using a dynamometric platform in a standing position in various conditions eyes open and eyes closed, near and gaze fixation, and with and without foam pad. The studied variables were the area, the mean speed, and the lengths in the X and Y axis of the centre of pressure displacement.RESULTS:
Children with esotropia and exotropia had significantly higher mean values (speed, lengths of X and Y) compared to controls. In the open-eye, far distance fixation, and on foam pad, as well as under exam conditions; with eyes open, without foam pad, and far distance fixation, the exotropia values were higher than those of endotropia and controls. With eyes closed, there were no differences between the 3 groups under the described examination conditions, but their values were worse compared to their respective ones with eyes open.CONCLUSIONS:
The children with strabismus had a worse postural control than the non-strabismus ones. All of the them appeared to be more unstable with eyes closed than with eyes open, which demonstrates that vision plays an important relevant role in postural stability in both strabismus and non-strabismus children.
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MEDLINE
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Observational_studies
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En
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Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed)
Year:
2021
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Article