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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample

From: Stabilometric assessment of context dependent balance recovery in persons with multiple sclerosis: a randomized controlled study

Ā 

EXP (NEXPā€‰=ā€‰25)

CTRL (NCTRLā€‰=ā€‰28)

P-Value

Gender

Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰Male (%)

8 (32)

12 (42.9)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰Female (%)

17 (68)

16 (57.1)

0.1927

Age [mean (s.d.)]

48.5 (11.01)

48.2 (12.05)

0.9346

EDSS

NEXPā€‰=ā€‰24

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰1-4 (%)

8 (33.3)

5 (17.8)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰4.5-5.5 (%)

10 (41.7)

8 (28.6)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰6-6.5 (%)

6 (25.0)

15 (53.6)

0.1059

BBS

Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰ā‰¤ā€‰44 (%)

10 (40.0)

13 (46.0)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰> 44 (%)

15 (60.0)

15 (54.0)

0.8463

  1. EDSS: Expanded Disability Status Scale. BBS: Berg Balance Scale EXP: Experimental group; CTRL: Control group 44: cut-off score discriminating between fallers and non fallers [20].