The Effects of Anxiety on Balance Parameters in Young Female University Students

Objective: in human beings, the balance control is a result of anintegration of physical and psychological factors and people showdifferent reactions when feel anxious or face stability threatenedconditions such as standing on an unstable surface. university students,particularly the female ones, are a group of the society who are prone toface anxieties. the current study focused on the effects of anxiety onbalance index in young female university students .methods: a group of 15 female students with a high anxiety score (higherthan 42 in shpielberger questionnaire) and a group of 15 female studentswith a low anxiety score (lower than 42 in shpielberger questionnaire)were recruited for this study. using a biodex stabilometer (biodexsystem, usa), the antero-posterior (ap), medio-latral (ml) and theoverall dynamic stability index (si) of the subjects were recorded andcompared .results: the results revealed a significant difference between the two groups. subjects with a high anxiety score showed a stability index higher than those in the low anxiety group (p < 0.005), which simply indicate significantly less stability in this group.conclusion: this study showed that subjects with higher anxiety scores were less stable compared to those subjects with lower anxiety scores.