Table 1.
Selection criteria.
Table 2.
Preferred and alternative outcome(s).
BESS Balance error scoring system, CoP Center of Pressure, FR Functional-Reach test, LOS Limits of stability SOT Sensory Organization Test, TUG Timed up and go test.
Fig 1.
Flow chart illustrating the different phases of the search and selection.
Table 3.
Included studies examining age differences (children vs. adolescents) in balance performance in youth.
Table 4.
Included studies examining sex differences (boys vs. girls) in balance performance in youth.
Fig 2.
Differences in measures of static steady-state balance by age (children vs. adolescents).
CI confidence interval, df degrees of freedom, SE standard error, IV inverse variance.
Fig 3.
Differences in measures of dynamic steady-state balance by age (children vs. adolescents).
CI confidence interval, df degrees of freedom, SE standard error, IV inverse variance.
Fig 4.
Differences in measures of proactive balance by age (children vs. adolescents).
CI confidence interval, df degrees of freedom, SE standard error, IV inverse variance.
Fig 5.
Differences in measures of static steady-state balance by sex (boys vs. girls).
CI confidence interval, df degrees of freedom, SE standard error, IV inverse variance.
Fig 6.
Differences in measures of dynamic steady-state balance by sex (boys vs. girls).
CI confidence interval, df degrees of freedom, SE standard error, IV inverse variance.
Fig 7.
Differences in measures of proactive balance by sex (boys vs. girls).
CI confidence interval, df degrees of freedom, SE standard error, IV inverse variance.