Department of Physiotherapy and Paramedicine, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, G4 0BA, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K..
Department of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
BMC Pediatr. 2023 Oct 23;23(1):526. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-04348-9.
This study aimed to determine the relationship between kinaesthesia, motor performance, fitness, and joint mobility in children.
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted involving children from two primary schools in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria. The Beighton criteria were used to measure joint mobility. Motor performance, fitness, and kinaesthesia were measured in all the children. Spearman's rank correlation was used to evaluate the relationship between the outcomes.
A total of 91 children (51.6% girls) participated in the study. The mean age of the children was 8.20 ± 1.98 years. Using a Beighton score of ≥ 6, Generalized Joint Hypermobility (GJH) was identified in a total of 35 (38.46%) children and was more prevalent in females (60.0%). Joint mobility had significant correlations with most fitness and motor performance items, but not kinaesthesia. Agility & power, and motor performance seem to be reduced if mobility is larger. Kinaesthesia was correlated with most fitness and motor performance items, indicating that better fitness and better motor performance cooccur with better kinaesthesia or vice versa.
Joint mobility may have a significant influence on fitness and motor performance in children. Hence, it may be useful for future studies to investigate how fitness and motor performance modulate the onset and progression of musculoskeletal symptoms in GJH.
本研究旨在确定儿童的动觉、运动表现、体能和关节活动度之间的关系。
这是一项在尼日利亚东南部两所小学进行的描述性横断面研究。采用比顿标准来测量关节活动度。对所有儿童进行运动表现、体能和动觉的测量。采用斯皮尔曼等级相关来评估各项结果之间的关系。
共有 91 名儿童（51.6%为女孩）参与了研究。儿童的平均年龄为 8.20±1.98 岁。采用比顿评分≥6，确定共有 35 名（38.46%）儿童存在广义关节过度活动，且女性更为常见（60.0%）。关节活动度与大多数体能和运动表现项目显著相关，但与动觉无关。如果关节活动度较大，则敏捷和力量以及运动表现似乎会降低。动觉与大多数体能和运动表现项目相关，表明更好的体能和更好的运动表现与更好的动觉相关，或者反之亦然。
关节活动度可能对儿童的体能和运动表现有显著影响。因此，未来的研究可能会探讨体能和运动表现如何调节广义关节过度活动患者中肌肉骨骼症状的发生和进展。
