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Table 3 Intra- and inter-trail reliability for the inertial measurement unit and the force plate

From: Coherence and reliability of a wearable inertial measurement unit for measuring postural sway

 

Trial 1

Trial 2

Trial 3

P-value

Intra-trial reliability

CV (95% CI)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

ICC (95%)

Force plate M-L

 Eyes open (mm/s)

3.88 (1.63)

4.08 (1.45)

4.15 (1.79)

0.80

0.74 (0.58–0.85)

14.7 (11.8–17.6)

 Eyes closed (mm/s)

5.85 (2.57)

5.46 (2.97)

5.07 (2.56)

0.48

0.74 (0.58–0.85)

18.4 (15.1–21.7)

Force plate A–P

 Eyes open (mm/s)

6.18 (2.14)

6.28 (2.5)

6.19 (2.54)

0.98

0.82 (0.70–0.90)

11.9 (9.6–14.1)

 Eyes closed (mm/s)

11.56 (4.86)

10.29 (4.32)

10.01 (4.09)

0.33

0.84 (0.73–0.91)

15.4 (12.3–18.6)

IMU M-L

 Eyes open (mm/s)

4.96 (2.14)

5.61 (1.99)

5.41 (2.20)

0.45

0.54 (0.34–0.72)

18.9 (14.3–23.4)

 Eyes closed (mm/s)

6.85 (3.68)

6.58 (4.15)

5.74 (2.15)

0.41

0.67 (0.50–0.81)

22.1 (17.9–26.6)

IMU A–P

 Eyes open (mm/s)

8.71 (2.51)

9.51 (3.95)

8.65 (2.42)

0.45

0.50 (0.29–0.69)

17.8 (14.3–21.2)

 Eyes closed (mm/s)

14.87 (4.99)

13.33 (4.82)

13.27 (4.40)

0.31

0.61 (0.42–0.77)

20.6 (16.9–24.3)

  1. CV coefficient of variation, CI confidence interval, ICC intra-class correlation coefficient, IMU inertial measurement unit