Balance is a fundamental component of movement involving the abilityto recover from instability and to avoid instability to anticipatebalance disturbances. Vari... » 

Balance is a fundamental component of movement involving the abilityto recover from instability and to avoid instability to anticipatebalance disturbances. Various developmental motor disorders causepoor balance resulting in difficulties with postural control and disturbingthe development of numerous activities of daily living. To planinterventions for these young children with motor disabilities a specificmeasure to evaluate balance is an essential part of the assessment.Most of the standardized developmental motor tests encompassbalance tasks. However the isolated balance items can not be interpreted.Therefore we aim to develop a new assessment tool to evaluatebalance from independent walking to 5 years of age.The Ghent Developmental Balance Test aims at offering a completedevelopmental series of tasks reflecting specifically the developmentof the childs balance abilities.This test is fit for typically developing children between 18 monthsand 5 years 11 months or for children with a similar level of balancecontrol. «