Actua Gaston – Beunen VK prijs Voor jonge onderzoekers 2014 Gaston Beunen was een groot bewegingswetenschapper en de grondlegger van de Vlaamse Vereniging voor Kinesiologie. Masterstudenten en doctoraatstudenten kunnen deelnemen aan deze wedstrijd georganiseerd door de Vereniging voor Kinesiologie met een mondelinge presentatie of een posterpresentatie. Een deskundige jury beoordeelt de mondelinge en posterpresentatie, de antwoorden op de vragen die worden gesteld tijdens het symposium en het abstract. In elke categorie wordt een top drie samengesteld. De abstracts van de drie laureaten voor de posterpresentatie vindt u hieronder. “The Timed Up and Go test and Pediatric Balance scale: complementary tests in the assessment of balance control in 3 to 6-year-old children” Authors: Evi Verbecque1 ; Luc Vereeck1 , PhD; An Boudewyns2 , PhD; Paul Van de Heyning2 , PhD; Ann Hallemans1,3 , PhD 1. Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium 2. University Hospital Antwerp, ENT, head and neck surgery and communication disorders 3. Department of Translational Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Corresponding author: evi.verbecque@uantwerpen.be Abstract Background and Aim The Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) and the Timed Up and Go test (TUG) have been investigated extensively in literature for the assessment of balance control in children.1,2 PBS, whereas this is not the case for the TUG.1-3 Reference values, derived from American children, are available for the The purpose of this study was threefold: 1) to establish reference values for the TUG, 2) to determine whether results from Belgian 3 to 6-year-old children fit into the available reference data for the PBS and 3) to assess construct and criterion validity. Methods A cross-sectional study was performed in 188 3 to 6-year-old children between October 2013 and May 2014. The TUG was administered to the total sample and the PBS to a subsample (n=74). Results Three-year-old children(n=46) needed a mean time of 7.86 (±1.03) seconds, 4-year-olds (n=61) 7.30 (±1.27) seconds, 5-year-olds (n=65) 6.41 (±1.10) seconds and 6-year-olds (n=16) 5.44 (±0.81) seconds to perform the task. Cut-off values for 46 Sport & Geneeskunde | maart 2015 | nummer 1 Pagina 45

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