Table 5.
Participants with impaired postural stability | Participants without impaired postural stability | Levene's test for equality of variances | Independent samples test (2-tailed) | 95% CI | Cohen's d | |
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Sample size | n = 5 | n = 6 | – | – | – | – |
Age (years) | 27.8 ± 10.9 | 41.7 ± 21.0 | 0.141 | 0.217 | [−9.78, 37.5] | −0.947 |
Gender | Males: 2, Females:3 | Males: 2, Females: 4 | – | – | – | – |
Reason for wheeled- mobility | SCI: 3, Sacral Agenesis: 1, diastematomyelia: 1 | SCI: 2, MS: 3, CP: 1 | – | – | – | – |
FIST | 41.4 ± 6.0 | 53.2 ± 2.4 | 0.031* | <0.01** | [4.42, 19.1] | −2.585 |
TCT | 17.2 ± 3.0 | 21.2 ± 1.7 | 0.064 | 0.023* | [0.686, 7.25] | −1.575 |
Tee-shirt test (sec) | 20.8 ± 7.6 | 25.3 ± 20.9 | 0.073 | 0.659 | [−17.9, 27.0] | −0.404 |
Forward reach (cm) | 10.6 ± 4.9 | 18.6 ± 11.1 | 0.042* | 0.157 | [−3.92, 19.9] | −1.114 |
Lateral reach (cm) | 4.8 ± 3.1 | 10.7 ± 7.0 | 0.357 | 0.116 | [−1.78, 13.5] | −1.274 |
Values are reported as mean ± standard deviation. **p < 0.01, while *p < 0.05.