Effects of Fatigue on Balance and Mobility in Subjects with Multiple Sclerosis: A Brief Report

Table 1

Static and dynamic balance performance in some BBS and DGI items before and after treadmill session.

	𝑁	Pre	Post	Post-Pre	𝑃 value
Turn	37	5.7 (2.7)	5.6 (2.7)	−0.1^∧	0.56
Tandem	37	25.5 (22.3)	26.8 (22.0)	1.4^∧	0.62
Monopodalic stance	37	5.3 (10.3)	7.7 (13.9)	2.3^∧	0.04
6-metres walk	37	9.5 (4.9)	10.0 (8.2)	0.5*	0.47
Walk (turning head)	37	11.6 (6.9)	11.3 (7.7)	−0.3^∧	0.80
Walk (head up and down)	37	10.7 (5.5)	10.8 (6.9)	0.1*	0.34
Stairs	37	12.7 (6.9)	13.0 (7.0)	0.3*	0.76

Mean and (standard deviation) are reported in seconds. Note an *indicate decrement of performance, while ^∧indicate improvement of performance.