comparison of static and dynamic balance among blind, deaf and non-handicapped primary school-children in the state of Bahrain

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to compare the performance level of static and dynamic balance among blind, deaf and non-handicapped boys and girls, aged 6-12, in the State of Bahrain. Balance was measured using the Hughes Basic Gross Motor Assessment to investigate the differences between the three groups in dynamic and static balance. A two by three analysis of variance fixed model was used as the appropriate statistical tool to test the null hypothesis, with an alpha level of 0.05. The results indicated that there was a significant difference among the normal, blind, and deaf children for static and total balance. No significant difference was found between the normal children and the deaf children in dynamic balance. However, there was a significant difference between the male and the female total balance mean scores for the three groups of the study