Ghent Development Balance Test. Manual.

Balance is a fundamental component of movement, involving the ability
to recover from instability and to avoid instability, to anticipate
balance disturbances. Various developmental motor disorders cause
poor balance, resulting in difficulties with postural control and disturbing
the development of numerous activities of daily living. To plan
interventions for these young children with motor disabilities, a specific
measure to evaluate balance is an essential part of the assessment.
Most of the standardized developmental motor tests encompass
balance tasks. However the isolated balance items can not be interpreted.
Therefore, we aim to develop a new assessment tool to evaluate
balance from independent walking to 5 years of age.
The Ghent Developmental Balance Test aims at offering a complete
developmental series of tasks, reflecting specifically the development
of the childs balance abilities.
This test is fit for typically developing children between 18 months
and 5 years 11 months or for children with a similar level of balance
control.