Table 3.
Total and Sex-Specific Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficients of COP-based Static Balance Measures with Clinical Balance Measures: The MOBILIZE Boston Study
| All** | Men** | Women** | |||||||
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| SPPB | Berg | 1-Leg (Sec) | SPPB | Berg | 1-Leg (Sec) | SPPB | Berg | 1-Leg (Sec) | |
| Static Balance Measures1 | |||||||||
| 1. Mediolateral Avg Sway (mm) | −0.18 | −0.28 | −0.29 | −0.21 | −0.33 | −0.37 | −0.22 | −0.31 | −0.29 |
| 2. Mediolateral RMS (mm) | −0.18 | −0.28 | −0.28 | −0.21 | −0.33 | −0.36 | −0.22 | −0.30 | −0.28 |
| 3. Area Ellipse Sway (mm2) | −0.16 | −0.26 | −0.27 | −0.24 | −0.37 | −0.39 | −0.20 | −0.27 | −0.26 |
| 4. Anteroposterior Path Length (mm) | −0.22 | −0.24 | −0.26 | −0.27 | −0.34 | −0.38 | −0.21 | −0.19 | −0.19 |
| 5. Average Sway Speed (mm/s) | −0.21 | −0.24 | −0.26 | −0.28 | −0.36 | −0.39 | −0.19 | −0.17 | −0.19 |
| SPPB Tandem Balance | -- | 0.74 | 0.62 | -- | 0.71 | 0.57 | -- | 0.75 | 0.64 |
| Berg Balance Scale | -- | -- | 0.82 | -- | --0 | 0.82 | -- | -- | 0.82 |
1
Higher values in the Static Balance Measures indicate poorer balance while higher SPPB Tandem balance, Berg Balance Scale, and 1-Leg Stand values indicate better balance. Numbers in the table are correlation coefficients.
**
all p < 0.0001 for correlation coefficients