Research Article

Postural Stability Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Vestibular Schwannoma Microsurgery Employing the Inertial Measurement Unit

Table 4

Comparison of the areas of the 95% confidence ellipses in patients pre- and postsurgery.

PresurgeryPostsurgery
EOECEOEC

FiSMin (mm2)1.21·10+24.90·10+17.30·10+11.22·10+2
Q1 (mm2)1.74·10+21.88·10+21.48·10+24.45·10+2
Mdn (mm2)1.89·10+26.34·10+24.15·10+28.05·10+2
Q3 (mm2)4.66·10+21.04·10+36.60·10+21.10·10+3
Max (mm2)5.64·10+39.06·10+31.13·10+33.20·10+3

FoSMin (mm2)2.54·10+27.62·10+24.14·10+21.40·10+3
Q1 (mm2)5.05·10+21.08·10+35.49·10+24.79·10+3
Mdn (mm2)8.16·10+26.17·10+31.23·10+37.47·10+3
Q3 (mm2)1.59·10+38.49·10+31.60·10+31.16·10+4
Max (mm2)6.08·10+31.34·10+48.66·10+31.81·10+4

EO: eyes open; EC: eyes closed; FiS: firm surface; FoS: foam surface; Min: minimum; Max: maximum; Mdn: median; Q1: first quartile; Q3: third quartile.