A Study to Correlate Various Anthropometric Measures on Excursion Distances while Performing on the Star Excursion Balance Test among Amateur Sports Person - A Cross Sectional Observational Study

Objective: To examine the role of various predictive factors on dynamic postural control through the Star Excursion balance test.

Method: This cross sectional observational study included 120 amateurs sports person of both gender with mean age of 19.48+2.86 years. Their height, leg length, waist hip ratio, body mass index and ankle dorsiflexion range of motion were measured. The participants were asked to perform on the star excursion balance test (SEBT) with the dominant limb. The distances were recorded at the point of maximum excursion.

Results: Pearson correlation test revealed that there was a significant correlation of height, leg length, waist hip ratio on excursion distance. While Regression analysis showed the highest variation on leg length (R²= 0.518) followed by height (R²=0.337) on excursion distance. Ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (R²= 0.134) showed the least variance.

Conclusion: The most significant correlated predictive factors were leg length followed by height with excursion distance.