Parameters | Control group | Intervention group | P valueb | Effect sizec | ||||
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Baseline n = 15 | Post-test n = 15 | % changea | Baseline n = 15 | Post-test n = 15 | % changea | |||
Eyes open | ||||||||
CoM sway, area, cm2 | 2.51 ± 1.86 | 2.62 ± 1.66 | -4.4 | 3.03 ± 2.29 | 1.45 ± 1.01 | 52.2 | .007 | .239 |
CoM sway, ML, cm | 1.86 ± 0.86 | 1.82 ± 0.56 | 2.2 | 2.07 ± 0.83 | 1.43 ± 0.38 | 30.9 | .016 | .196 |
CoM sway, AP, cm | 1.22 ± 0.55 | 1.33 ± 0.48 | -9.0 | 1.30 ± 0.68 | 0.93 ± 0.50 | 28.5 | .015 | .201 |
Hip sway, deg2 | 1.20 ± 0.93 | 1.32 ± 0.67 | -10.0 | 1.50 ± 1.07 | 0.92 ± 0.65 | 38.7 | .011 | .214 |
Ankle sway, deg2 | 1.21 ± 0.94 | 1.37 ± 1.16 | -13.2 | 1.12 ± 0.79 | 0.64 ± 0.35 | 42.9 | .030 | .162 |
RCI, AP | 0.57 ± 0.22 | 0.60 ± 0.16 | -5.3 | 0.57 ± 0.12 | 0.51 ± 0.08 | 10.5 | .051 | .134 |
RCI, ML | 0.87 ± 0.05 | 0.90 ± 0.10 | -3.5 | 0.88 ± 0.13 | 0.90 ± 0.07 | -2.3 | .888 | .001 |
Eyes closed | ||||||||
CoM sway, area, cm2 | 5.74 ± 5.22 | 5.52 ± 6.97 | 3.8 | 5.72 ± 4.37 | 2.36 ± 2.25 | 58.7 | .042 | .144 |
CoM sway, ML, cm | 2.53 ± 1.06 | 2.46 ± 1.39 | 2.8 | 2.80 ± 1.28 | 1.73 ± 0.70 | 38.2 | .012 | .214 |
CoM sway, AP, cm | 1.93 ± 1.15 | 1.71 ± 1.16 | 11.4 | 1.76 ± 0.96 | 1.19 ± 0.71 | 32.4 | .142 | .078 |
Hip sway, deg2 | 2.30 ± 2.11 | 3.20 ± 5.00 | -39.1 | 3.03 ± 2.37 | 1.12 ± 0.82 | 63.0 | .010 | .222 |
Ankle sway, deg2 | 2.69 ± 2.54 | 2.09 ± 1.86 | 22.3 | 2.40 ± 1.91 | 1.02 ± 0.89 | 57.5 | .026 | .170 |
RCI, AP | 0.57 ± 0.14 | 0.58 ± 0.13 | -1.8 | 0.56 ± 0.12 | 0.55 ± 0.14 | 1.8 | .608 | .010 |
RCI, ML | 0.85 ± 0.09 | 0.88 ± 0.07 | -3.5 | 0.91 ± 0.10 | 0.89 ± 0.08 | 2.2 | .876 | .001 |