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## Background: Children with down syndrome (ds) are known for their reduced balance control, and typically take longer to develop motor skills and display less coordinated movement patterns. hopping in-place is a gross motor skill requiring whole-body vertical stiffness and horizontal movement control, particularly when attempting to modify hopping frequency. however, there is a lack of knowledge of the hopping capacity of children with ds. ## Research question: The purpose of this study was to assess the ability of children with ds aged 5-11 years old to continuously hop in-place on two legs and compare their biomechanical patterns to those of typically developing (td) children. ## Methods: This observational study included 14 children with ds and 16 td children. subjects were asked to complete 20 s trials of two-legged hopping in-place at a self-selected frequency, and four metronome guided conditions: preferred (self-selected frequency), moderate (20% increase), fast (40% increase) and slow (20% decrease). two sample independent t-tests were conducted on whole-body vertical stiffness, horizontal center-of-mass movement, and toe displacement between hops for the self-selected hop

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Author

Beerse, Matthew; Wu, Jianhua

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0966-6362)

Published

2018

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)