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. 2015 Sep 3;6:1343. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01343

Table 2.

Mean (± SEM) response accuracy (angular threshold [75%], slope and response accuracy for maximal angle) between groups in the two tasks.

Response accuracy

Point-light
Walker
Soccer kick
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 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.