Research Article

Comparing Balance Performance on Force Platform Measures in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease and Healthy Adults

Table 3

Descriptive statistics of force platform measures.

CohortFP measuresMeanSDMinimumQ1MedianQ3Maximum

Parkinson’s disease cohort ()SOT composite equilibrium (1–100)68.5212.9324.0064.0072.5077.0083.00
SOT vestibular ratio (0-1)0.540.240.000.470.610.720.85
SOT visual preference0.980.130.690.910.981.041.32
SOT fall number1.212.070.000.000.001.008.00
SOT fall number-conditions 5 and 61.121.820.000.000.001.006.00
LOS average endpoint excursion (%)70.5813.7136.6361.2574.5080.00104.60
LOS movement velocity (m/s)3.351.021.352.643.314.017.35
LOS number of falls0.430.770.000.000.001.003.00
LOS number of falls on targets 4, 5, and 60.330.610.000.000.001.002.00
LOS average endpoint excursion on targets 4, 5, and 6 (%)61.9916.4526.3349.6761.8472.00103.33
MCT average latency (ms)144.129.21118.00139.00145.50150.00161.00
MCT average amplitude to large perturbations (degrees/second)10.233.523.007.759.6312.5019.75
MCT average posterior amplitude (degrees/second)7.682.722.175.337.1710.0013.67
MCT average posterior latency (ms)151.9810.84125.00145.00151.67161.67170.00

Healthy cohort ()SOT composite equilibrium (1–100)74.358.0548.0070.0075.0080.0086.00
SOT vestibular ratio (0-1)0.640.160.000.570.670.750.92
SOT visual preference0.990.110.720.931.001.051.42
SOT fall number0.360.800.000.000.000.004.00
SOT fall number-conditions 5 and 60.350.800.000.000.000.004.00
LOS average endpoint excursion (%)72.9714.1936.0064.1375.8883.5097.75
LOS movement velocity (m/s)4.451.452.293.264.185.798.06
LOS number of falls0.400.890.000.000.000.004.00
LOS number of falls on targets 4, 5, and 60.160.570.000.000.000.003.00
LOS average endpoint excursion on targets 4, 5, and 6 (%)62.4216.5714.6750.0062.3374.6797.67
MCT average latency (ms)142.628.77126.00136.00141.00148.00165.00
MCT average amplitude to large perturbations (degrees/second)10.192.825.507.7510.0011.7516.50
MCT average posterior amplitude (degrees/second)7.182.223.505.507.008.1712.50
MCT average posterior latency (ms)149.9111.15131.67141.67146.67158.33185.00

SOT, sensory organization test; LOS, limits of stability test; MCT, motor control test; SD, standard deviation; Q1, lower quartile; Q3, upper quartile.