Research Article

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

Table 6

The calculated values from the Wilcoxon test to assess the differences between the results of stance trials.

PresurgeryPostsurgery

TVPAEO FiS versus EO FoS<0.01<0.01
EC FiS versus EC FoS<0.01<0.01
EO FiS versus EC FiS0.05<0.01
EO FoS versus EC FoS<0.01<0.01

TVPDEO FiS versus EO FoS<0.010.07
EC FiS versus EC FoS<0.01<0.01
EO FiS versus EC FiS0.12<0.01
EO FoS versus EC FoS<0.01<0.01

ACEEO FiS versus EO FoS<0.01<0.01
EC FiS versus EC FoS<0.01<0.01
EO FiS versus EC FiS0.070.03
EO FoS versus EC FoS<0.01<0.01

PLEO FiS versus EO FoS<0.01<0.01
EC FiS versus EC FoS<0.01<0.01
EO FiS versus EC FiS<0.01<0.01
EO FoS versus EC FoS<0.01<0.01

TVPA: total volume of the polyhedron of accelerations; TVPD: total volume of the polyhedron of angles; ACE: area of the confidence ellipse; PL: path length of CoP; EO: eyes open; EC: eyes closed; FiS: firm surface; FoS: foam surface; significant difference.