Table 2.
Response accuracy | |||||||
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Point-light |
Walker |
Soccer kick |
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Group | Athletes | Non-athletes | p-value | Athletes | Non-athletes | p-value | |
Distance and orientation | ∙ Angular threshold (just-noticeable difference in °) for 75% of response accuracy | ||||||
∙ Slope | |||||||
2 m Upright | 2.25 ± 0.16 | 2.86 ± 0.32 | ~∗0.058 | 10.08 ± 0.87 | 21.30 ± 4.80 | 0.108 | |
10.47 ± 0.84 | 8.61 ± 1.18 | 0.194 | 3.43 ± 0.36 | 2.35 ± 0.43 | 0.093 | ||
4 m Upright | 1.69 ± 0.14 | 2.24 ± 0.25 | ∗0.045 | 9.64 ± 0.94 | 20.21 ± 4.76 | ∗0.048 | |
14.44 ± 1.20 | 10.10 ± 1.24 | ∗0.046 | 3.30 ± 0.27 | 2.31 ± 0.30 | ∗0.042 | ||
16 m Upright | 1.76 ± 0.13 | 1.69 ± 0.16 | 0.783 | 8.01 ± 0.62 | 18.08 ± 3.46 | ∗0.009 | |
12.75 ± 1.03 | 10.94 ± 1.63 | 0.236 | 4.23 ± 0.41 | 2.28 ± 0.39 | ∗0.006 | ||
∙ Response accuracy (%) at | 6° | 15° | |||||
2 m Inverted | 77.62 ± 2.51 | 70.83 ± 4.45 | 0.151 | 71.85 ± 2.66 | 60.21 ± 2.49 | ∗0.017 | |
4 m Inverted | 76.36 ± 2.65 | 68.57 ± 4.69 | 0.119 | 71.74 ± 2.55 | 60.70 ± 3.18 | ∗0.012 | |
16 m Inverted | 63.89 ± 2.51 | 60.18 ± 2.98 | 0.372 | 72.14 ± 2.72 | 61.95 ± 2.85 | ∗0.031 |
*p < 0.05.