# The Role of Climbing Exercises in Developing Balance Ability in Children
## 3 Results  
The results are categorized into three groups to assess the following: anthropometric development; the general balance ability using the Stork test on each foot (symmetries and asymmetries); balance ability using platform tests through dynamic lateral and vertical bipedal balance tests with eyes open and closed (symmetries and asymmetries) and static balance tests on both feet, the right foot, and the left foot with eyes open and closed (proprioception). Table 1 records the differences (Diff.) in the mean (M) recorded from the initial evaluation (IE) to the final evaluation (FE) for the anthropometric indicators determined at the group level for the experimental group (EG) and the control group (CG): height, weight, and body mass index. As can be seen in Table 1, the dynamics of the means recorded for anthropometric development show the following: a height increase of 0.04 m in both the EG and CG; a weight increase of 3.29 kg in the EG and 3.45 kg in the CG, and a BMI increase of 0.56 kg/m\({}^{2}\) in the EG and 1.35 kg/m\({}^{2}\) in the CG. The differences between groups (Diff. MEG--MCG) and the differences from initial to final testing are insignificant. The dynamics of the BMI values (Table 2) recorded small fluctuations in both groups from IE to FE. The analysis and interpretation were based on the values recorded and interpreted using the standards of the National Institutes of Health, USA [21]. The classification is as follows: highly severe underweight (values \(<\) 16); severe underweight (values from 16 to 17); moderate underweight (values from 17 to 18.5); normal weight (values from 18 to 25); and overweight (values from 25 to 30). From IE to IF we observe a non-significant increase in the number of children in the moderate underweight (EG: 1, CG: 2), normal weight (EG: 1, CG: 2), and overweight (EG: 1, CG: 2) categories. Clearer differences from IE to IF were in the highly severe underweight category (EG: 4, CG: 4). The BMI results show small fluctuations in some categories and are attributed to an increase in somatic indices associated with uncontrolled eating in some students at this age. The result processing and analysis of the balance ability dynamics highlighted interesting aspects. The results of the Stork test (Table 3) show an improvement in the mean (M) for time: SSB-R increased by 2.88 s in EG and 0.96 s in CG from IE to FE, and SSB-L increased by 2.51 s in EG and 1.00 s in CG. The differences in the arithmetic mean between the two groups indicate improved performance in this test by 1.92 s for SSB-R and 1.51 s for SSB-L in EG. We consider that proprioception, assessed by improved times in both groups from the IE to FE, shows that the difference in the mean of the SSB-R and SSB-L values for the IE is 1.66 s, and for the FE is 2.03 s in the EG; for the CG, the difference in the mean values for the IE is 1.89 s and for the FE 1.85 s. This highlights an increased degree of asymmetry in the EG and a slight decrease in the CG. Figure 5 illustrates the mean results achieved by the students during the tests performed using the Stork test on the right and left legs. For the EG, the values were the following: SSB-R: 5.10 s (IE) and 7.98 s (FE); SSB-L: 3.44 s (IE) and 5.95 s (FE). For the CG, they were the following: SSB-R: 4.98 s (IE) and 5.94 s (FE); SSB-L: 3.09 s (IE) and 4.09 s (FE).