Table 1. Centre of pressure velocity at different altitudes.
| Measurement | Eyes | Sea Level | IBC 3619 m |
DBC 4600 m |
HV 5140 m |
P ANOVA Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standing Balance | Open | 8.54 ± 1.45 | 11.42 ± 2.61*¶ | 11.84 ± 3.54 | 11.78 ± 2.62*¶ | 0.033 |
| Standing Balance | Closed | 11.32 ± 3.01 | 13.17 ± 3.30¶ | 15.22 ± 5.29¶ | 13.22 ± 3.28¶ | 0.020 |
| SRT | Open | 27.19 ± 11.57 | 49.94 ± 18.49*¶ | 36.06 ± 9.21 | 40.95 ± 12.67*¶ | 0.007 |
| SRT | Closed | 62.49 ± 26.31 | 63.49 ± 14.36 | 80.36 ± 26.27 | 80.30 ± 32.28 | 0.140 |
Data are presented as mean COPV in cm/s ± standard deviation. P ANOVA overall: Repeated Measures ANOVA within subject effects (SL, IBC, DBC, HV). (Bold < 0.05)
* p<0.05 compared with sea level
¶ Cohen’s d > 0.8 compared with sea level