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Table 2 Description of stabilometric parameters

From: The effect of cane length and step height on muscle strength and body balance of elderly people in a stairway environment

Stabilometric parameters

Description

MDIST

The mean of the resultant distance time series and represents the average distance from the mean center of pressure (CoP)

MDIST_AP

The mean absolute value of the antero-posterior (AP) time series and represents the average AP distance from the mean CoP

MDIST_ML

The mean absolute value of the medio-lateral (ML) time series and represents the average ML distance from the mean CoP

RDIST

The root mean square value of the resultant distance time series

RDIST_AP

The standard deviation of the AP time series

RDIST_ML

The standard deviation of the ML time series

TOTEX

The total length of the CoP path and is approximated by the sum of the distances between consecutive points in the CoP path

TOTEX_AP

The total length of the CoP path in AP direction and is approximated by the sum of the distances between consecutive points in the time series

TOTEX_ML

The total length of the CoP path in the ML direction and is approximated by the sum of the distances between consecutive points in the ML time series

MVELO

The average velocity of the CoP

MVELO_AP

The average velocity of the CoP in the AP direction

MVELO_ML

The average velocity of the CoP in the ML direction

95%CC AREA

The area of the circle with a radios equal to the one-side 95% confidence limit of the resultant distance time series