Balance With Age

The aim of this investigation was to test whether balance is affected by age. The results of this experiment show that the younger age group have greater balance than the older age groups. The 0-20 year olds achieved an average time of 47.75 seconds with the average age being 13 years, the 20-40 year olds achieved an average time of 31.42 seconds with the average age being 31 years, the 40-60 year olds achieved an average time of 40.50 seconds with the average age being 45.5 years and the 60+ year olds achieved an average time of 8.75 seconds with the average age being 67.5 years. These results follow a trend that the 0-20 group is the highest then the 40-60 group then the 20-40 age group then the 60+ age group (Check above tables and graphs for more information). The only exception to this trend is that the 40-60 age group should be swapped with the 20-40 age group because they are the younger group out of the two. The results in this experiment are consistent with the research in the area of balance being …show more content…
In conclusion this investigation did prove its hypothesis that If 0-20 year olds, 20-40 years old, 40-60 years old and 60+ year old are all tested then the youngest age group of 0-20s year old will have the higher timed results than the eldest age group 60+ year olds because age affects balance related senses such as vestibular system. The vestibular cells die with age and the cerebellum cells can also be affected by age and drugs for arthritic pain. The results showed that the highest average result was the 0-20 year olds (47.75 seconds), then the 40-60 year olds (40.5 seconds), then the 20-40 year olds (31.42 seconds) and then the 60+ year olds (8.75 seconds). The hypothesis has clearly been proven by not only these results but the theory behind age affecting balance. This experiment has also achieved its aim to test whether balance is affected by