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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 14.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Occup Ther Geriatr. 2019 Jan 14;36(4):399–410. doi: 10.1080/02703181.2018.1556231

Table 4.

ISway Change in Eyes Open vs. Eyes Closed Conditions

Normal Base Stance (n = 26)
ISway Measures EO Mean (SE) EC Mean (SE) Mean Change EO vs. EC (SE) Significance (P-value) 95% CI
ISway JERK 2.134 (0.32) 3.925 (0.57) 1.791 (0.41) .001** 0.646, 2.937
JERK AP 2.459 (0.28) 5.063 (0.77) 2.604 (0.61) .001** 0.865, 4.343
JERK ML 1.047 (0.18) 1.457 (0.31) 0.411 (0.22) .44 −0.222, 1.043
ISway PATH 8.081 (0.57) 10.606 (0.81) 2.526 (0.45) < .001** 1.269, 3.783
PATH AP 6.357 (0.38) 8.810 (0.72) 2.453 (0.49) < .001** 1.056, 3.85
PATH ML 3.874 (0.30) 4.656 (0.42) 0.782 (.25) .03* 0.06, 1.504
Narrow Base Stance (n = 25)
ISway Measures EO Mean (SE) EC Mean (SE) Mean Change EO vs. EC (SE) Significance (P-value) 95% CI
ISway JERK 4.787 (0.77) 7.705 (1.57) 2.918 (1.36) .24 −0.914, 6.750
JERK AP 4.126 (0.60) 7.921 (1.98) 3.795 (1.79) .27 −1.362, 8.952
JERK ML 4.871 (0.94) 9.374 (3.23) 4.502 (3.17) .21 −4.649, 13.653
ISway PATH 12.559 (1.01) 16.192 (1.54) 3.633 (1.1) .01* 0.512, 6.754
PATH AP 7.802 (0.57) 10.641 (1.15) 2.839 (0.87) .02* 0.347, 5.332
PATH ML 7.899 (0.67) 10.304 (1.11) 2.405 (0.92) .09 −0.252, 5.062,

Abbreviations and definitions: EO, Eyes Open; EC, Eyes Closed; ISway JERK: ISway JERK (m2/s5); ISway; PATH: Sway Acceleration Path Length* (m2/s2); AP, Anterior-posterior; ML, Medial-lateral;

,Bonferronni corrected P-value;

*

Significant at the 0.05 level;

**

Significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)