The Role of Clinical and Instrumented Outcome Measures in Balance Control of Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis

Table 1

Demographics for the MS and HC groups.

Characteristics	MS group; (𝑛=12, 10 F, 2 M)	HC group; (𝑛=12, 9 F, 3 M)	P value	MS-F; (𝑛=6, 5 F, 1 M)	MS-NF; (𝑛=6, 5 F, 1 M)	P value
Age (years)	53.16 ± 13.38	51.83 ± 13.60	0.81	55.5 ± 15.37	50.83 ± 12.02	0.57
Height (cm)	170.25 ± 10.6	166.66 ± 9.28	0.38	169.33 ± 12.44	171.19 ± 9.52	0.77
Weight (kg)	68.68 ± 11.22	73.17 ± 11.35	0.33	69.70 ± 6.25	67.66 ± 15.34	0.77
EDSS score	2.3 ± 0.9	—	—	2.3 ± 1.44	2.17 ± 0.92	0.86
MS duration (years)	17.24 ± 11.05	—	—	18.83 ± 8.18	14.77 ± 13.13	0.53

F: female; M: male; mean ± standard deviations are shown.