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. 2020 Jul 17;11:786. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00786

TABLE 2.

Differences in body sway parameters between asymptomatic patients and controls.

Eyes Feet Body sway parameter Control (n = 16) Asymptomatic (n = 16) p-value Effect size (r)
Closed Apart Amplitude – total 3.81(3.29−4.53) 4.15(3.08−6.83) 0.353 0.18
Amplitude – AP 2.53(1.84−3.77) 4.29(2.32−5.68) 0.061 0.33
Amplitude – ML 0.99(0.75−1.26) 1.43(1.14−1.64) 0.056 0.34
Path – total 233.0(198.9−376.4) 302.1(253.8−442.0) 0.128 0.27
Path – AP 188.9(149.5−290.7) 242.7(166.5−367.9) 0.361 0.17
Path – ML 122.7 (45.7) 145.0 (52.3) 0.210 0.23
Togethera Amplitude – total 7.64(6.24−8.35) 9.95(7.70−13.34) 0.008 0.46
Amplitude – AP 4.92 (2.41) 7.93 (4.73) 0.030 0.40
Amplitude – ML 6.49 (2.63) 10.15 (6.24) 0.043 0.38
Path – total 512.7(382.1−673.6) 606.8(462.5−863.0) 0.184 0.24
Path – AP 319.0 (123.2) 440.9 (247.4) 0.088 0.31
Path – ML 352.9(258.8−401.2) 386.3(308.3−577.7) 0.341 0.17
Open Apart Amplitude – total 2.60(2.29−3.12) 3.55(2.43−4.29) 0.110 0.29
Amplitude – AP 1.39 (0.46) 1.79 (0.81) 0.096 0.30
Amplitude – ML 0.64(0.51−0.75) 0.85(0.66−1.10) 0.080 0.31
Path – total 161.9(141.2−212.7) 200.7(162.5−250.7) 0.184 0.24
Path – AP 122.5(95.6−157.6) 145.2(118.2−172.9) 0.381 0.16
Path – ML 87.9(76.6−108.0) 100.0(86.2−135.8) 0.239 0.21
Together Amplitude – total 5.43(4.91−6.87) 6.17(4.92−8.97) 0.171 0.25
Amplitude – AP 2.09 (0.75) 2.74 (1.68) 0.178 0.25
Amplitude – ML 2.78 (1.05) 3.86 (2.55) 0.133 0.28
Path – total 284.1 (61.5) 329.6 (128.7) 0.215 0.23
Path – AP 174.7 (54.3) 197.2 (86.8) 0.387 0.16
Path – ML 185.1 (38.1) 217.1 (89.9) 0.204 0.23

Body sway amplitude (mm) and body sway path (mm) values are summarized as median (interquartile range) or mean (standard deviation) depending on the distribution of data. Unpaired T-test (normally distributed data) or Mann-Whitney U-test (non-normally distributed data) was used to compare groups. Significant differences are displayed in bold text.