Figure 2

Effect of ABF on sway. The percent change of using ABF on the sway parameters is shown. COP-RMS and F95% were extracted from the AP COP displacement according to [24]. Acc-RMS was extracted from AP acceleration recorded at trunk level (L5). K and ΔTc were derived by applying the method proposed by Chiari et al. [20] on the SDA diagrams [16]. Asterisks indicate statistical significance: * p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.01. The reductions of K, COP-RMS and Acc-RMS are a consistent evidence of the reduction of sway amplitude shown by the subject using ABF. The increasing of F95% suggests that the postural control applied by the CNS when ABF is available was increased. The reduction of ΔTc suggests a major active closed-loop postural control exercised by the CNS.