Table 5. Estimated means (corrected for age, height, and weight) for the two joint mobility groups, on balance and proprioception.

	Normal mobile Est. Mean (Std. error)	Hypermobile Est. Mean (Std. error)	F-value	P-value	Partial eta squared
Y-Balance test (n = 378) MANCOVA Balance Beighton classificationa,b Univariate Anterior RT Anterior LT Posterior-medial RT Posterior-medial LT Posterior-lateral RT Posterior-lateral LT	39.6 (0.5) 40.3 (0.5) 46.9 (0.6) 48.6 (0.7) 47.9 (0.6) 49.2 (0.7)	40.1 (0.6) 40.9 (0.6) 44.1 (0.8) 45.1 (0.8) 44.9 (0.8) 45.8 (0.8)	4.6 0.3 0.6 7.6 11.1 8.5 9.7	0.001 0.6 0.4 0.006 0.001 0.004 0.002	0.070 0.001 0.002 0.020 0.029 0.023 0.026
Proprioception n = 286 MANCOVA Wedges Beighton classification Univariate Total penalty score# Total correct score	4.1 (0.4) 18.6 (0.2)	3.4 (0.4) 18.8 (0.2)	0.9 1.8 1.0	0.42 0.183 0.328	0.006 0.006 0.004

Significant covariates: a = height, b = weight. RT = Right, LT = Left, n = number of participants.