Table 5.
Mean and standard deviation values of postural stability for dual-task with eyes closed on low and high threat in the experimental and the control groups before and after intervention and results of two-way ANOVA.
| Pre | Post | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | M (sd) EG |
M (sd) CG |
M (sd) EG |
M (sd) CG |
Interaction F(p) |
η2 | Group F(p) |
η2 | Time F(p) |
η2 |
| Low threat | ||||||||||
| SP-[mm] | 263.8(49.43) | 259.9(53.15) | 217.2(42.11) | 257.3(73.45) | 7.36(<0.01) | 0.27 | 0.6(>0.05) | 0.03 | 9.23(<0.01) | 0.33 |
| SPAP-[mm] | 225.1(49.19) | 224.2(50.23) | 186.2(39.92) | 224.7(68.33) | 6.15(<0.05) | 0.24 | 0.74(>0.05) | 0.04 | 5.82(<0.05) | 0.23 |
| SPML-[mm] | 96.7(13.49) | 97.73(30.62) | 79.7(17.11) | 100.6(40.43) | 20.49(<0.001) | 0.52 | 0.83(>0.05) | 0.04 | 10.26(<0.01) | 0.35 |
| High threat | ||||||||||
| SP-[mm] | 256.8(61.18) | 263.1(65.90) | 224.5(69.95) | 270.4(78.96) | 4.15(>0.05) | 0.17 | 0.82(>0.05) | 0.04 | 1.65(>0.05) | 0.08 |
| SPAP-[mm] | 219.3(57.86) | 222.7(60.54) | 179.6(63.29) | 230.4(73.45) | 6.6(<0.05) | 0.25 | 1.04(>0.05) | 0.05 | 3.0(>0.05) | 0.14 |
| SPML-[mm] | 95.3(19.49) | 99.4(25.17) | 85.8(20.20) | 100.6(26.46) | 3.3(>0.05) | 0.14 | 0.94(>0.05) | 0.05 | 1.99(>0.05) | 0.09 |
Note. HW—height workers; OW—office workers; SP—Sway Path; ML—medio-lateral; AP—antero-posterior; Low threat—measurement at ground level; High threat—measurement at increased height of the measuring platform.