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Table 4 Descriptive statistics for instrumented standing balance results including ICCs and 95% confidence intervals

From: Instrumented balance and walking assessments in persons with multiple sclerosis show strong test-retest reliability

 

Healthy controls

Persons with multiple sclerosis

 

Day 1 Mean (StD)

Day 2 Mean (StD)

ICC

95% CI bounds

Day 1 Mean (StD)

Day 2 Mean (StD)

ICC

95% CI bounds

   

ρ

Lower

Upper

  

ρ

Lower

Upper

Jerk

0.096 (0.042)

0.084 (0.045)

0.880

0.642

0.960

0.105 (0.065)

0.126 (0.110)

0.858

0.578

0.952

Distance

0.058 (0.021)

0.055 (0.014)

0.788

0.368

0.929

0.067 (0.022)

0.070 (0.034)

0.919

0.759

0.973

Area

0.003 (0.001)

0.003 (0.001)

0.832

0.500

0.944

0.004 (0.002)

0.004 (0.004)

0.891

0.675

0.963

RMS

0.071 (0.025)

0.065 (0.017)

0.790

0.375

0.929

0.078 (0.024)

0.083 (0.039)

0.895

0.687

0.965

Path length

4.893 (0.953)

4.769 (1.255)

0.895

0.687

0.965

5.516 (1.631)

5.543 (1.936)

0.884

0.655

0.961

Range

0.369 (0.101)

0.345 (0.104)

0.731

0.200

0.910

0.384 (0.103)

0.407 (0.192)

0.809

0.430

0.936

Mean velocity

0.140 (0.063)

0.143 (0.056)

0.699

0.105

0.899

0.152 (0.085)

0.164 (0.075)

0.807

0.426

0.935

Mean frequency

0.497 (0.150)

0.466 (0.108)

0.795

0.389

0.931

0.461 (0.130)

0.440 (0.121)

0.900

0.703

0.967

95% frequency

1.735 (0.474)

1.718 (0.302)

0.672

0.024

0.890

1.630 (0.316)

1.538 (0.375)

0.853

0.561

0.951

Frequency dispersion

0.783 (0.036)

0.781 (0.037)

0.151

−1.528

0.715

0.748 (0.040)

0.753 (0.039)

0.438

−0.675

0.811

  1. ICC values in boldface show at least “good” reliability (ICC > 0.60)