Tsujishita Soma, Jono Yasutomo, Tsujishita Morihiro
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Kobe International University: 9-1-6 Koyocho-naka, Higashinada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 658-0032, Japan.
Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Science, Nara Gakuen University, Japan.
J Phys Ther Sci. 2023 Feb;35(2):121-127. doi: 10.1589/jpts.35.121. Epub 2023 Feb 1.
[Purpose] We focused on the relationship between body sway patterns and motor and attentional functions in early childhood, and classified diagrams of body sway into four patterns. Furthermore, the relationship between physical fitness tests and Interactive Metronome (IM) tasks was used to determine whether the body sway patterns are indicators of motor and attentional functions in early childhood. [Participants and Methods] Participants were 24 male and 26 female children with a mean age of 2,148.1 ± 103.7 days. Participants were evaluated using physical fitness tests, body sway measures, baseline scores on the IM task (the "task average"), and the percentage of perfect hits ("Super Right On") on the IM task (the "Super Right On" score, or SRO%). [Results] The association between the body sway pattern and motor and attentional functions was examined, and results revealed that the body sway pattern was only slightly associated with motor functions. However, participants with an anterior-posterior pattern of body sway had worse timing and attentional functions than participants with other patterns, as indicated by a lower task average and SRO% on the IM task. [Conclusion] These results suggested that anterior-posterior sway may reflect attentional functions when body sway is measured in children such as 6 year-olds.
[目的]我们关注幼儿期身体摆动模式与运动及注意力功能之间的关系，并将身体摆动图分为四种模式。此外，通过体能测试与交互式节拍器（IM）任务之间的关系，来确定身体摆动模式是否为幼儿期运动和注意力功能的指标。[参与者与方法]参与者为24名男童和26名女童，平均年龄为2148.1±103.7天。使用体能测试、身体摆动测量、IM任务的基线分数（“任务平均值”）以及IM任务上的完美命中百分比（“超级精准”）（“超级精准”分数，或SRO%）对参与者进行评估。[结果]研究了身体摆动模式与运动及注意力功能之间的关联，结果显示身体摆动模式与运动功能仅有轻微关联。然而，身体摆动呈前后模式的参与者在时间把控和注意力功能方面比其他模式的参与者更差，IM任务中的任务平均值和SRO%较低表明了这一点。[结论]这些结果表明，在6岁左右的儿童中测量身体摆动时，前后摆动可能反映注意力功能。
