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. 2020 Dec 17;2:540930. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2020.540930

Table 1.

Presents the correlations (Rho) of maximum (MAX) and root mean square (RMS) acceleration as derived through smartphone and research-grade accelerometry.

Balance task Accelerometry variable Rho (ρ) p-value
Eyes open MAX ML 0.755 <0.01**
MAX AP 0.982 <0.01**
RMS ML 0.918 <0.01**
RMS AP 1.000 <0.01**
CEA 0.727 0.011*
Eyes closed MAX ML 0.866 0.01**
MAX AP 0.864 0.01**
RMS ML 0.492 0.124
RMS AP 0.936 <0.01**
CEA 0.909 <0.01**
Functional reach MAX ML 0.515 0.128
MAX AP 0.818 <0.01**
RMS ML 0.964 <0.01**
RMS AP 0.945 <0.01**
CEA 0.982 <0.01**
Functional stability boundary MAX ML 0.218 0.519
MAX AP 0.527 0.096
RMS ML 0.991 <0.01**
RMS AP 1.000 <0.01**
CEA 0.891 <0.01**
**

A significant correlation where p ≤ 0.01 level (2-tailed).

*

p < 0.05. Red coloring indicates a small correlation coefficient, yellow indicates moderate, and green indicates large.