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Table 5 Center of pressure (CoP) variables in anterior/posterior (A/P) and mediolateral (M/L) direction during the two movement phases. Median (min, max) (n = 28)

From: Biomechanical analysis of lifting on stable versus unstable surfaces—a laboratory-based proof-of-concept study

 

Stable

Slightly unstable

Unstable

Friedman

Wilcoxon Paired sign-rank (Bonferroni-adjusted)

Med

Min

Max

Med

Min

Max

Med

Min

Max

p-value

stable vs unstable

stable vs slightly unstable

slightly unstable vs unstable

Down

A/P Mean displacement

0.074

-0.015

0.122

0.064

0.003

0.108

0.074

0.003

0.111

0.897

   

A/P Min position

52.99

25.69

85.89

68.90

27.33

117.68

56.61

36.70

88.21

0.017

0.539 (1.000)

0.008 (0.023)

0.033 (0.098)

A/P Max position

137.88

90.66

188.15

144.72

104.91

185.92

143.73

98.48

191.23

0.101

   

A/P Diference min/max

82.74

40.63

134.69

84.59

26.73

121.98

86.00

34.63

124.63

0.775

   

A/P Total sum

227

137

360

267

119

382

231

143

440

0.002

0.894 (1.000)

0.002 (0.006)

0.003 (0.019)

Up

A/P Mean displacement

0.021

-0.011

0.044

0.007

-0.096

0.059

-0.001

-0.071

0.034

<0.001

<0.001 (<0.001)

0.001 (0.004)

0.229 (0.687)

A/P Min position

53.19

5.00

125.33

55.04

32.69

101.96

49.76

17.51

83.22

0.501

   

A/P Max position

169.96

91.85

209.00

167.67

117.51

219.98

154.77

103.89

190.80

0.002

0.008 (0.023)

0.504 (1.000)

0.001 (0.003)

A/P Diference min/max

122.33

39.20

166.76

116.77

55.43

160.98

101.65

34.53

166.61

0.501

   

A/P Total sum

352

176

533

393

145

475

309

155

506

0.501

   

Down

M/L Mean displacement

-0.001

-0.025

0.035

-0.001

-0.033

0.023

0.001

-0.030

0.033

0.623

   

M/L Min position

-329.92

-354.58

-311.29

-324.75

-344.33

-312.13

-338.13

-357.49

-298.28

0.105

   

M/L Max position

-296.52

-322.99

-275.43

-293.44

-315.42

-270.95

-304.83

-327.64

-269.81

0.048

0.304 (0.913)

0.153 (0.458)

0.014 (0.042)

M/L Difference min/max

30.08

17.43

62.33

32.91

7.19

56.26

27.72

11.98

69.77

0.101

   

M/L Total sum

255

171

396

253

159

400

256

173

462

0.623

   

Up

M/L Mean displacement

0.00

-0.03

0.04

0.000

-0.030

0.029

0.009

-0.027

0.026

0.324

   

M/L Min position

-329.11

-374.72

-315.48

-323.61

-361.19

-295.37

-334.49

-375.56

-297.49

0.087

   

M/L Max position

-294.41

-339.88

-263.22

-288.04

-321.08

-256.18

-302.94

-336.61

-250.78

0.012

0.142 (0.425)

0.142 (0.425)

0.003 (0.010)

M/L Difference min/max

37.21

15.06

56.81

38.35

16.71

67.83

35.40

14.69

64.63

0.646

   

M/L Total sum

276

194

512

340

142

497

287

197

423

0.324

   

Down

Total displacement Mean

0.401

0.290

0.494

0.420

0.290

0.516

0.376

0.211

0.465

0.083

   

Total displacement total sum

0

0

0

411

221

608

383

247

641

0.137

   

Up

Total displacement Mean

0.008

0.000

0.020

0.405

0.290

0.444

0.360

0.243

0.467

0.212

   

Total displacement Total sum

490

306

789

586

224

741

485

278

764

0.593

   

Down

COP area

2233

970

7862

2361

488

5321

2167

865

7357

0.721

   

Up

COP area

4588

1205

7302

4600

936

8088

2910

1276

8607

0.623

   
  1. Significant differences (p < 0.05) in bold
  2. Displacement in mm
  3. COP area in mm2