Table 5.
Mean (SD) COP Area and Velocity (Vel.) values during sensory conditions C1–C6 of both the Balance Rehabilitation Unit (BRU) and Sensory Organization Test (SOT). Subject groups were young controls (YC) (n= 30), older controls (OC) (n= 30), young vestibular (YV) (n= 15), and older vestibular (OV) (n= 15). See text for explanation of sensory conditions.
Group | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 | ||
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BRU | Area | YV | 2.5 (0.7)b | 5.8 (1.9)b | 3.9 (1.0)b | 6.6 (1.7)b | 17.5 (4.3)b | 16.0 (6.3)b |
YC | 0.7 (0.1) | 1.0 (0.1) | 0.8 (0.1) | 2.3 (0.3) | 5.6 (0.6) | 3.9 (0.4) | ||
OC | 1.4 (0.3)a | 2.1 (0.4)a | 1.7 (0.3)a | 4.4 (0.5)a | 10.3 (1.2)a | 7.7 (1.0)a | ||
OV | 1.5 (0.3) | 3.2 (0.7) | 2.5 (0.6) | 4.5 (1.0) | 13.2 (2.8) | 8.9 (2.1) | ||
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BRU | Vel. | YV | 1.3 (0.3)b | 2.0 (0.4)b | 1.7 (0.4)b | 2.0 (0.3)b | 3.4 (0.4)b | 2.8 (0.5)b |
YC | 0.7 (0.03) | 0.9 (0.04) | 0.8 (0.04) | 1.2 (0.1) | 2.0 (0.1) | 1.6 (0.1) | ||
OC | 1.1 (0.1)a | 1.6 (0.1)a | 1.4 (0.1)a | 2.1 (0.1)a | 3.4 (0.2)a | 2.7 (0.2)a | ||
OV | 1.0 (0.1) | 1.5 (0.2) | 1.3 (0.1) | 1.9 (0.2) | 3.2 (0.4) | 2.6 (0.3) | ||
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SOT | Area | YV | 1.3 (0.3) | 3.8 (1.2)b | 4.8 (1.7)b | 15.4 (2.9)b | 34.6 (8.1)b | 25.5 (3.8)b |
YC | 0.7 (0.1) | 1.0 (0.1) | 1.1 (0.1) | 4.5 (0.6) | 10.2 (1.1) | 8.4 (0.9) | ||
OC | 1.2 (0.1)a | 1.8 (0.2)a | 1.9 (0.3)a | 7.9 (0.8)a | 18.5 (1.5)a | 16.0 (1.4)a | ||
OV | 1.1 (0.3) | 1.7 (0.3) | 2.7 (0.7) | 13.6 (2.9) | 29.0 (5.9) | 22.3 (4.5) | ||
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SOT | Vel. | YV | 1.5 (0.1) | 2.1 (0.3) | 2.4 (0.5) | 3.7 (0.5)b | 6.5 (0.9)b | 5.8 (0.8)b |
YC | 1.5 (0.04) | 1.6 (0.04) | 1.7 (0.04) | 2.4 (0.1) | 4.1 (0.2) | 3.3 (0.1) | ||
OC | 1.7 (0.1)a | 2.2 (0.1)a | 2.2 (0.1)a | 4.0 (0.2)a | 6.5 (0.3)a | 6.0 (0.3)a | ||
OV | 1.4 (0.1)c | 1.8 (0.1)c | 2.0 (0.2) | 4.0 (0.4) | 6.7 (0.8) | 5.4 (0.6) |
Significant difference between YC and OC using the False Discovery Rate method.36
Significant difference between YC and YV using the False Discovery Rate method.
Significant difference between OC and OV using the False Discovery Rate method.