Checks and balances: a meta-analysis on the known-groups validity of functional postural control tests in children.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pediatric physical therapists commonly treat children with postural control deficits. Ideally, pediatric functional postural control tests should therefore be able to identify postural control deficits in children with various disorders. Despite a plethora of available tests, evidence for their validity - especially known-groups - remains scarce. This review aims to determine the known-group validity of available functional postural control tests to differentiate various pediatric pathological groups of different ages from their typically developing (TD) peers.

Evidence acquisition

PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus were systematically searched (last update: February 2023; PROSPERO: CRD42023408982). Forty case-control studies with a pathological pediatric sample

SUBMITTER: Ockerman J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11407102 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature