TABLE 3.
Posturographic data.
| Posturography measurement | Healthy controls (N = 6) | Case 6 |
Case 7 | Case 8 | |
| Baseline | 6 month | Baseline | Baseline | ||
| Gender (F/M) | 4/2 | F | F | M | F |
| Age (years) | 66 (61–69) | 66 | 66 | 65 | 65 |
| Body height (cm) | 160.0 (147.0–176.1) | 154.4 | 154.4 | 165.9 | 157.8 |
| Foot length (cm) | 24.1 (21.5–26.0) | 23.3 | 23.3 | 25.1 | 24.1 |
| Body weight (kg) | 59.9 (55.0–70.0) | 76.6* | 76.6* | 66.6 | 57.7 |
| Base of support (cm2) | 680.6 (503.6–736.8) | 816.9* | 1021.3* | 958.4* | 814.2* |
| Base width (cm) | 14.2 (11.8–20.4) | 28.4* | 31.9* | 26.3* | 24.1* |
| Foot alignment (cm) | 0.8 (0.4–1.6) | 2.4* | 5.0* | 1.8* | 1.2 |
| Distance CoP heel (%FL) | 41 (34–47) | 38 | 45 | 30* | 28* |
| Delta forces (N) | 12.4 (4.1–50.1) | 21.0 | 8.5 | 83.5* | 71.7* |
| Ellipse area (mm2) | 81 (24–265) | 213 | 293* | 422* | 67 |
| Axis a ellipse (mm) | 6.8 (4.4–13.7) | 13.1 | 22.8* | 30.5* | 9.2 |
| Axis b ellipse (mm) | 3.4 (1.7–5.7) | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 2.3 |
| Eccentricity | 0.89 (0.80–0.95) | 0.89 | 0.98* | 0.99* | 0.96* |
| Mean distance (mm) | 3.4 (2.0–6.5) | 6.3 | 9.8* | 13.3* | 3.9 |
| RMS distance (mm) | 3.9 (2.4–7.5) | 7.2 | 11.9* | 15.7* | 4.9 |
| Median frequency (Hz) | 0.5 (0.3–0.6) | 0.4 | 0.3* | 0.2* | 0.5 |
Data are shown as the median (range) for the healthy control group and as the median of at least three assessments for the patients. *Data below/above the 10th/90th percentile of the distribution of healthy controls.