Table 2. Centre of pressure velocity in the anterior-posterior direction at different altitudes.
| Measurement | Eyes | Sea Level | IBC 3619 m |
DBC 4600 m |
HV 5140 m |
P ANOVA Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standing Balance | Open | 5.90 ± 1.28 | 8.87 ± 1.92*¶ | 9.41 ± 2.98 | 9.42 ± 2.37*¶ | 0.001 |
| Standing Balance | Closed | 8.20 ± 2.75 | 10.53 ± 2.92¶ | 12.96 ± 4.97¶ | 10.55 ± 3.01¶ | 0.471 |
| SRT | Open | 17.29 ± 8.05 | 36.79 ± 14.90¶ | 27.05 ± 7.86¶# | 29.99 ± 10.20¶ | 0.681 |
| SRT | Closed | 41.63 ± 14.15 | 46.90 ± 11.56 | 59.16 ± 17.44 | 58.34 ± 17.30¶ | 0.297 |
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
# Cohen’s d > 0.8 compared with IBC