Strength, Multijoint Coordination, and Sensorimotor Processing Are Independent Contributors to Overall Balance Ability

Table 2

Principle component loadings.

Variable	1st PC	2nd PC	3rd PC	4th PC
VJ	0.67	−0.03	0.60	−0.54
	0.62	0.07	−0.52	−0.15
	0.80	−0.50	0.40	0.41
	1.00	−0.06	0.23	0.04
SLHS	−0.19	1.00	0.87	0.03
SLHS	−0.18	0.86	1.00	0.20
SLS	0.61	0.86	−0.70	0.04
SLS	0.68	0.80	−0.66	0.17
	0.52	−0.37	0.60	0.94
	−0.50	0.18	−0.57	1.00
% Contribution	26.07%	23.53%	14.57%	10.49%
Cumulative	26.07%	49.59%	64.17%	74.66%

Normalized loadings for ease of comparison; italics font in each column indicates (≥0.60) positive and negative correlations, respectively, with the dominant variable in bold.