Table 2. Comparison of COP length and COP area values (related to both static and dynamic balance tests) between dominant and non dominant (ND) limbs for athletes playing in the same categories or control subjects.
| Category subjected to comparisons |
Static balance COP Length
|
Static balance COP Area
|
Dynamic balance COP Length - 3 s
|
Dynamic balance COP Length - 10 s
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limb showing smaller values | p value | Limb showing smaller values | p value | Limb showing smaller values | p value | Limb showing smaller values | p value | ||
| A | - | 0.33194 | - | 0.46389 | - | 0.05900 | - | 0.15000 | |
| B | - | 0.23194 | - | 0.06597 | - | 0.63542 | - | 0.23056 | |
| C | - | 0.61319 | - | 0.00417 | - | 0.43889 | - | 0.13125 | |
| D | - | 0.56597 | - | 0.27014 | - | 0.58681 | - | 0.38681 | |
| E | - | 0.42222 | ND | 0.04600 | - | 0.62292 | - | 0.36042 | |
| F | - | 0.44375 | - | 0.06400 | - | 0.07361 | - | 0.22500 | |
| G | - | 0.34444 | - | 0.00556 | - | 0.27639 | - | 0.26875 | |
| H | - | 0.17083 | - | 0.11250 | - | 0.21875 | ND | 0.01400 | |
| I | - | 0.65625 | ND | 0.00139 | - | 0.46736 | - | 0.00556 | |
| L | - | 0.68889 | - | 0.07200 | - | 0.63333 | - | 0.25972 | |
| X | - | 0.52422 | - | 0.09244 | - | 0.13387 | - | 0.25223 | |
The limb showing smaller values is reported (if such differences were significant), together with the value of p for each comparison. If significant (p<0.05), p values are highlighted in bold.