Table 4.
Means and standard deviations for posturographic measures recorded among pentathletes during aiming-in-shooting position, with and without footwear; along with the results of one-way ANOVA with footwear factor.
| Parameter | In Footwear | Barefoot | ANOVA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M ± SD | M ± SD | F | P | η2 | |
| COP shifts | |||||
| SP [mm] | 282.6 ± 177.1 | 234.2 ± 146.9 | 1.49 | 0.2285 | 0.03 |
| V [mm/s] | 9.4 ± 5.9 | 7.8 ± 4.9 | 1.50 | 0.2257 | 0.03 |
| COP surface area | |||||
| AoE [mm2] | 150.8 ± 75.8 | 148.9 ± 89.1 | 0.06 | 0.8154 | 0.01 |
| WoE [mm] | 8.8 ± 3.2 | 9.2 ± 3.4 | 0.05 | 0.8242 | 0.01 |
| HoE [mm] | 21.8 ± 7.2 | 19.9 ± 6.2 | 0.61 | 0.4381 | 0.01 |
SP = sway path length of the COP; V = average velocity of the COP; AoE = ellipse of the COP shifts area; WoE = width of the COP ellipse; HoE = height of the COP ellipse.