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Table 2 Effects of exercise in the stabilometric variables, in 24 healthy subjects.

From: Balance in single-limb stance in healthy subjects – reliability of testing procedure and the effect of short-duration sub-maximal cycling

 

Pre-exercise Mean (SD)

Post-exercise Mean (SD)

Mean difference (95% CI)

P-value

Frontal plane

    

Amplitude (mm)

4.71 (0.66)

4.88 (0.59)

0.17 (-0.88 – 0.42)

0.19

Average speed (mm·s-1)

23.19 (5.19)

24.42 (5.20)

1.23 (0.29 – 2.17)

0.01

DEV 5 (n)

19.13 (5.87)

19.90 (5.37)

0.77 (-0.69 – 2.23)

0.29

DEV 10 (n)

3.48 (1.84)

4.38 (2.35)

0.90 (0.11 – 1.68)

0.03

Sagittal plane

    

Amplitude (mm)

7.08 (1.12)

7.77 (1.10)

0.69 (0.13 – 1.24)

0.02

Average speed (mm·s-1)

24.02 (5.01)

25.19 (6.17)

1.17 (-0.19 – 2.53)

0.09

DEV 5 (n)

15.98 (4.53)

14.96 (4.39)

-1.02 (-2.43 – 0.39)

0.15

DEV 10 (n)

6.50 (2.47)

6.58 (2.53)

0.08 (-0.52 – 0.68)

0.78

  1. Numbers in bold face represent P-values that are statistically significant. Mean (SD), mean difference (95% confidence interval) (post-exercise minus pre-exercise) and P-value (paired t-test) before (pre-exercise) and after (post-exercise) exercise, in the stabilometric variables (amplitude in mm, average speed in mm·s-1, and number of movements exceeding 5 mm (DEV 5) and 10 mm (DEV 10)) in the frontal and sagittal planes.