The impact of additional visual tasks in physical exercise on balance ability among 9–10-year-old children

The mediating effect of visual acuity

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ID22087517
AuthorsRongbin Yin (0009-0008-2107-7425, Soochow University), Guiming Zhu (Soochow University), Anqi Liu (0000-0003-4699-3880, Soochow University), Miyu Wang (Soochow University), Liangtao Li (0009-0003-2167-0409, Suzhou Vocational University, corresponding author), Shengting Dai (0000-0002-6836-1107, East China University of Science and Technology, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume11
Pages1270947-1270947
Publication date2024-01-08
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2023.1270947
PMID38259731
OpenAlexW4390666819
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited28

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the effects of additional visual tasks in physical exercise on the vision and balance ability of children, and to verify whether children's vision mediated the influence of physical exercise on their balance ability. Methods: = 43). The experimental group participated in physical exercise with additional visual tasks, while the control group engaged in routine physical exercise. The experiment lasted for 16 weeks, with kinetic visual acuity (KVA), uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), static balance, and dynamic balance measured before and after the experiment. Results: The results showed that after the experiment, the experimental group had significantly improved kinetic visual acuity (KVA), uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), static balance, and dynamic balance. In contrast, the control group had significantly decreased kinetic visual acuity, no significant improvement in uncorrected distance visual acuity, and no significant difference in dynamic balance and static balance. In the experimental group, there was a moderate positive correlation between kinetic visual acuity and uncorrected distance visual acuity, and a moderate positive correlation between uncorrected distance visual acuity and both static and dynamic balance. The study also found that uncorrected distance visual acuity partially mediated the effect of additional visual tasks during physical exercise on static and dynamic balance among children. Conclusion: In conclusion, adding visual tasks to physical exercise had a positive effect on improving children's vision and balance ability. Kinetic visual acuity and uncorrected distance visual acuity were positively correlated, and uncorrected distance visual acuity was positively correlated with both static and dynamic balance. Uncorrected distance visual acuity partially mediated the effect of physical exercise on children's balance ability

Physical medicine and rehabilitation · Physical therapy · Visual acuity · Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention · Medicine · Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies · Visual perception and processing mechanisms · Ophthalmology

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