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Table 4 Stabilometric parameter center of pressure values

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

  

MDIST (mm)

MDIST_AP (mm)

MDIST_ML (mm)

RDIST (mm)

RDIST_AP (mm)

RDIST_ML (mm)

 
 

Stair height (cm)

 
 

0

69.86*

58.73*

16.67

157.77

148.38

19.24

 

18

49.21

37.3

16.75

118.2

106.78

19.34

 

27

31.21*

19.96*

15.52

56.7

46.71

17.92

 

33

38.1

25.99

16.42

81.29

70.01

18.96

 

Cane length

 

Cane 1

52.18

40.89

16.07

115.68

105.59

18.55

 

Cane 2

40.33

30.85

14.45

89.48

81.63

16.69

 

Cane 3

39.92

23.96

20.35

78.71

62.92

23.49

 

No cane

55.99

46.37

14.49

130.16

121.91

16.73

 

TOTEX (mm)

TOTEX_AP (mm)

TOTEX_ML (mm)

MVELO (mm/s)

MVELO_AP (mm/s)

MVELO_ML (mm/s)

AREA_CC (mm/s)

AREA_SW (mm 2 /s)

Stair height (cm)

0

3,394.67*

3,356.67*

65.68

7,000.23*

6,594.67*

97.79

942,720

33,164.3

18

1,782.83

1,739.2

66.02

3,680.02

3,625.57

97.66

675,821

22,019.5

27

892.97*

853.1*

61.08

1,912.16*

1,855.54*

97.69

161,771

8,700.69

33

1,412.08

1,368.99

64.68

3,017.75

2,958.12

97.88

548,671

10,991.6

Cane length

Cane 1

1,882.77

1,844.39

63.28

4,706.18

4,655.36

97.59

593,516

18,350.6

Cane 2

1,559.83

1,526.06

56.83

3,117.07

3,064.48

97.73

372,360

14,669.7

Cane 3

1,546.71

1,489.46

80.4

2,467.78

2,408.74

97.99

363,491

12,425.7

No cane

2,492.99

2,451.8

56.97

5,284.63

5,231.35

97.71

971,282

29,395.9

  1. *P <0.05, two-tailed.