Table 3.

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

Outcome measure		Experimental Group	pa	ESa	Control Group	pa	ESa	pb	ESb
COP path length (mm)	Baseline	847 ± 554	n.s.	0.04	774 ± 491	n.s.	0.38	n.s.
	Post	837 ± 619			938 ± 359			n.s.	0.19
COP average velocity (mm/s)	Baseline	28 ± 16	n.s.	0.05	26 ± 16	n.s.	0.35	n.s.
	Post	29 ± 19			31 ± 12			n.s.	0.12
Length of minor axis (mm)	Baseline	32 ± 17	n.s.	0.37	24 ± 19	n.s.	0.12	n.s.
	Post	26 ± 15			22 ± 13			n.s.	0.28
Length of major axis (mm)	Baseline	68 ± 44	n.s.	0.65	47 ± 45	n.s.	0.32	n.s.
	Post	46 ± 18			36 ± 15			n.s.	0.60
Angle to major axis (degree)	Baseline	53 ± 26	n.s.	0.33	45 ± 28	n.s.	0.43	n.s.
	Post	44 ± 28			34 ± 22			n.s.	0.39
Deviation X (mm)	Baseline	38 ± 32	n.s.	0.09	31 ± 23	n.s.	0.17	n.s.
	Post	35 ± 33			36 ± 34			n.s.	0.02
Deviation Y (mm)	Baseline	46 ± 31	n.s.	0.27	25 ± 10	0.01	0.86	n.s.
	Post	38 ± 27			14 ± 15			0.03	1.09
Forefoot load involved (%)	Baseline	53 ± 29	n.s.	0.08	53 ± 21	n.s.	0.46	n.s.
	Post	51 ± 19			63 ± 22			n.s.	0.58
Forefoot load uninvolved (%)	Baseline	28 ± 23	n.s.	0.04	35 ± 10	n.s.	0.52	n.s.
	Post	27 ± 18			40 ± 9			0.04	0.91
Backfoot load involved (%)	Baseline	46 ± 29	n.s.	0.08	46 ± 21	n.s.	0.46	n.s.
	Post	48 ± 19			36 ± 22			n.s.	0.58
Backfoot load uninvolved (%)	Baseline	71 ± 23	n.s.	0.04	64 ± 10	n.s.	0.52	n.s.
	Post	72 ± 18			59 ± 9			0.04	0.91
Total load involved (%)	Baseline	36 ± 21	n.s.	0.09	33 ± 14	n.s.	0.42	n.s.
	Post	38 ± 19			39 ± 14			n.s.	0.05
Total load uninvolved (%)	Baseline	63 ± 21	n.s.	0.09	66 ± 14	n.s.	0.42	n.s.
	Post	61 ± 19			60 ± 14			n.s.	0.05

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.