Open AccessThe effect of body mass on performance of the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT)
Author(s) -
Waddington Daniel,
Warren Jade,
Diep David
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.763
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1757-1146
DOI - 10.1186/1757-1146-8-s1-a16
Subject(s) - balance test , medicine , balance (ability) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , athletes , dynamic balance , excursion , physical therapy , ankle , surgery , law , physics , political science , quantum mechanics
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.