TABLE 3.
Postural stability upper trunk at baseline and 1-month post-baseline (n = 15).
| Variable | Baseline |
1 month |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control group (n = 7) |
Experimental group (n = 8) |
p | Control group (n = 7) |
Experimental group (n = 8) |
p | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Overall | ||||||||||
| Level 12 | 3.05 | 1.4 | 1.49 | 1.04 | 0.610 | 0.76 | 0.51 | 0.43 | 0.54 | 0.28 |
| Level 6 | 0.80 | 0.37 | 0.47† | 0.24 | 0.020* | 0.32 | 0.45 | 0.29 | 0.15 | 0.46 |
| Level 1 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.50 | 0.39 | 0.190 | 0.36 | 0.29 | 0.43 | 0.18 | 0.61 |
| Anterior or Posterior | ||||||||||
| Level 12 | 2.13 | 1.41 | 1.02 | 0.77 | 0.340 | 0.49 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.34 |
| Level 6 | 0.66 | 0.31 | 0.30† | 0.17 | 0.009* | 0.26 | 0.38 | 0.22 | 0.12 | 0.34 |
| Level 1 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.39 | 0.25 | 0.190 | 0.27 | 0.19 | 0.31 | 0.14 | 0.34 |
| Medial or Lateral | ||||||||||
| Level 12 | 0.88 | 0.67 | 0.72 | 0.55 | 0.610 | 0.76 | 0.38 | 0.21 | 0.35 | 0.34 |
| Level 6 | 0.50 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.150 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.69 |
| Level 1 | 0.29 | 0.33 | 0.22 | 0.27 | 0.460 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.69 |
, A mean value closer to 0.0 indicates a better value for upper trunk postural stability.
, p < 0.05.