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Table 3 Significant differences in various parameters due to activation of vibrotactile display

From: Biofeedback improves postural control recovery from multi-axis discrete perturbations

 

Perturbation direction (deg)

 

Display

0

11

45

90

180

191

225

270

Mean

 COP Measures 

Time to peak deflection (Tcop, in ms)

OFF

372

361

366

391

369

361

361

388

371

 

ON

380

378

367

408

384

361

368

398

381

Mag. of peak deflection (Rmax, in mm)

OFF

67.3

63.0

71.4

83.5

68.6

70.8

78.8

80.8

73.0

 

ON

68.3

68.8

75.8

84.0

72.7

71.9

79.2

84.7

75.7*

Angle of peak deflection (Acop, in deg)

OFF

−179

−166

−125

−92.0

1.16

13.1

50.1

94.1

N/A

 

ON

−180

−165

−128

−87.2

−0.17

13.8

49.4

93.7

N/A

RMS of magnitude (Rrms, in mm)

OFF

14.0

17.9

15.7

20.9

12.9

13.6

16.6

15.6

15.9

 

ON

15.4

15.1

14.1

15.4

16.4

16.7

15.1

16.7

15.6

 Tilt Measures 

Time to peak tilt (Tphi, in ms)

OFF

576

568

519

153

524

530

488

552

536

 

ON

512

498

493

520

531

513

491

503

508*

Mag of peak tilt (phimax, in deg)

OFF

4.35

4.80

2.99

3.50

7.39

6.41

4.67

3.02

4.64

 

ON

4.56

4.03

2.70

2.93

7.15

6.51

4.72

2.85

4.43

Angle of peak deflection (Aphi, in deg)

OFF

−174

−171

−122

−52.3

−3.90

−0.92

15.6

57.6

N/A

 

ON

−174

−169

−126

−60.1

−3.16

−0.77

18.7

81.6

N/A

Max. recovery velocity (Vmax, in deg/s)

OFF

10.5

12.1

6.93

6.31

15.4

13.0

10.7

6.52

10.2

 

ON

14.6

13.4

7.31

7.13

17.6

14.9

12.6

7.22

11.9†

Time of max. velocity (Tvel, in s)

OFF

0.81

0.76

0.77

1.00

0.73

0.75

0.63

0.95

0.80

 

ON

0.75

0.70

0.73

0.76

0.74

0.73

0.67

0.72

0.72†

Recovery time (Trec, in s)

OFF

1.42

2.89

2.19

1.49

3.01

3.09

2.50

1.93

2.31

 

ON

1.16

1.28

1.49

1.36

1.61

1.43

1.19

1.38

1.36‡

RMS of magnitude (phirms, in deg)

OFF

1.05

1.59

1.06

0.86

1.16

1.33

1.04

0.99

1.13

 

ON

0.92

0.87

0.85

0.77

0.92

1.01

0.83

0.79

0.87‡

Pct. of time in dead zone (pct0)

OFF

57.2

45.5

52.6

67.9

49.7

44.1

53.2

57.8

53.5

 

ON

72.5

76.5

73.7

83.6

73.9

66.5

76.5

79.0

75.3‡

  1. * p < .05.
  2. † p < .025.
  3. ‡ p < .0001.
  4. Tabulated values are averaged across subjects for each perturbation direction, and then averaged across directions in the final column except for the angles Acop and Aphi. Levels of significance are determined by a three-way ANOVA with display, subject, and direction as factors.