Research Article
Associations between Age-Related Changes in the Core Vestibular Projection Pathway and Balance Ability: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study
Table 5
Comparison of the values of sway between young and old healthy adults during one-leg standing with eyes-open and eye-closed conditions.
| | Anklesway (deg2) | Hipsway (deg2) | COM | RCI | | ML (cm) | AP (cm) | Position (cm2) | ML | AP |
| | Eyes open | | | | | | | | | Old | 57.43(32.60) | 53.11(66.50) | 1.82(0.70) | 3.38(1.25) | 6.55(4.41) | 0.50(1.12) | 0.50(0.10) | | Young | 12.38(5.40) | 11.64(6.87) | 1.23(0.24) | 1.85(0.52) | 2.29(0.89) | 0.56(0.15) | 0.73(0.13) | | | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.011 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0.301 | 0.000 | | Eyes close | | | | | | | | | Old | 81.26(59.40) | 120.53(64.99) | 2.42(0.78) | 4.37(1.69) | 10.43(6.31) | 0.69(0.12) | 0.60(0.14) | | Young | 56.45(91.34) | 42.67(47.56) | 2.02(1.34) | 3.19(2.57) | 7.63(10.27) | 0.67(0.08) | 0.62(0.11) | | | 0.031 | 0.004 | 0.395 | 0.014 | 0.074 | 0.769 | 0.704 |
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Values represent mean (±standard deviation). COM: center of mass; RCI: reciprocal compensatory index; ML: mediolateral direction; AP: anteroposterior direction. . |
