Table 2.

Comparison of balance and load distribution with eyes open at baseline and after therapy.

Outcome measure		Experimental group	pa	ESa	Control group	pa	ESa	pb	ESb
COP path length (mm)	Baseline	712 ± 540	n.s.	0.17	726 ± 428	n.s.	0.70	n.s.
	Post	607 ± 657			1,114 ± 565			0.04	0.82
COP average velocity (mm/s)	Baseline	23 ± 18	n.s.	0.15	25 ± 14	n.s.	0.74	n.s.
	Post	20 ± 21			37 ± 18			0.03	0.36
Length of minor axis (mm)	Baseline	34 ± 24	n.s.	0.54	23 ± 9	n.s.	0.89	n.s.
	Post	23 ± 15			33 ± 13			n.s.	0.71
Length of major axis (mm)	Baseline	67 ± 43	n.s.	0.41	38 ± 12	n.s.	0.76	n.s.
	Post	52 ± 28			52 ± 23			n.s.	0.01
Angle to major axis (degree)	Baseline	41 ± 27	n.s.	0.31	45 ± 23	n.s.	0.57	n.s.
	Post	33 ± 23			32 ± 22			n.s.	0.04
Deviation X (mm)	Baseline	50 ± 34	0.04	0.54	30 ± 21	n.s.	0.34	n.s.
	Post	33 ± 28			39 ± 30			n.s.	0.20
Deviation Y (mm)	Baseline	48 ± 27	0.04	0.51	20 ± 9	n.s.	0.29	0.004
	Post	35 ± 23			16 ± 17			0.03	0.93
Forefoot load involved (%)	Baseline	58 ± 28	n.s.	0.07	53 ± 21	n.s.	0.46	n.s.
	Post	60 ± 26			63 ± 22			n.s.	0.12
Forefoot load uninvolved (%)	Baseline	27 ± 21	n.s.	0.10	39 ± 10	n.s.	0.44	n.s.
	Post	29 ± 16			43 ± 8			0.01	1.10
Backfoot load involved (%)	Baseline	41 ± 28	n.s.	0.07	46 ± 21	n.s.	0.41	n.s.
	Post	39 ± 26			37 ± 22			n.s.	0.08
Backfoot load uninvolved (%)	Baseline	72 ± 21	n.s.	0.10	60 ± 10	n.s.	0.33	n.s.
	Post	70 ± 16			57 ± 8			0.01	1.02
Total load involved (%)	Baseline	33 ± 19	n.s.	0.11	36 ± 10	n.s.	0.32	n.s.
	Post	35 ± 15			40 ± 14			n.s.	0.34
Total load uninvolved (%)	Baseline	66 ± 19	n.s.	0.11	63 ± 10	n.s.	0.32	n.s.
	Post	64 ± 15			59 ± 14			n.s.	0.34

p^a–p-value between baseline and post-therapy within each group.

p^b–p-value between study groups.

ES^a–effect size (Cohen d) within each group.

ES^b–effect size (Cohen d) between study groups.

COP—center of pressure.

n.s.—non-significant.

Values are expressed as mean ± SD.

Statistically significant results are marked in bold.