Table 4.

Relationships between Measures of Static Balance and Mobility Performance

Measure of Mobility Performance	Static Balance
EO Affected		EC Affected		EO+EC Affected		EO+EC Less Affected		Total Static Balance Score
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Self-selected gait speed	0.41	<0.01	0.40	<0.01	0.43	<0.01	0.23	0.06	0.35	<0.01
Lateral COM displacement	−0.35	<0.01	−0.35	<0.01	−0.37	<0.01	−0.40	<0.01	−0.51	<0.01
Width of BOS	−0.29	0.02	−0.25	0.04	−0.30	0.01	−0.33	<0.01	−0.44	<0.01
%DS	−0.15	0.23	−0.28	0.02	−0.18	0.14	−0.19	0.12	−0.22	0.07
HiMAT score	0.43	<0.01	0.46	<0.01	0.46	<0.01	0.47	<0.01	0.57	<0.01

COM=centre of mass; BOS=base of support; %DS=proportion of double-support time; HiMAT=High-Level Mobility Assessment Tool