Is Bodyweight affecting posturography in children aged between 9 and 11 years? Evidences of a pilot intervention

Aim: The present inves’ga’on aimed at the evalua’on of the posturographic parameters in a sample of children of both sexes with the aim to better understand if posturography can be adopted and useful during school age period.

Methods: A number of 74 children (10.2 ± 0.7 yrs; 145.7 ± 8.7 cm; 42.2 ± 9.9 kg;) a Qending 6th grade school have been involved during one week data collec’on period ( October, 2015). All children were invited to participate at static baropodometric and stabilometric analyzes carried out through a force platform freeStep® and a computer software freeMed® provided by Sensor Medica® (Guidonia, Montecelio, Rome, Italy). The following variables were recorded: 1) Anthropometric characteris’cs; 2) Baropodometric parameters and stabilometric parameters. The data were analyzed with STATISTICA 8.0 software and the One-way ANOVA analysis and / or T-test analysis were adopted when appropriate.