Table 2

Postural sway performance under different attentional loading conditions in TBI and TD Children.

Postural swaySingle taskConcurrent motor taskConcurrent cognitive taskWithin group factorBetween group factorInteraction
TBI childrenTD childrenTBI childrenTD childrenTBI childrenTD childrenP-value
Mean±SD
Sway area (m2/s5)0.026±0.0590.007±0.0050.026±0.0050.011±0.0070.037±0.0290.02±0.0150.1070.048*0.831
AP Sway velocity (m/s)0.222±0.1650.103±0.0570.341±0.3130.18±0.0980.381±0.2620.225±0.107<0.001*0.005*0.648
ML Sway velocity (m/s)0.125±0.1040.06±0.0370.166±0.1020.095±0.0490.198±0.1610.1±0.0560.002*0.003*0.433
AP Sway Distance (m/s2)0.086±0.0770.054±0.0240.115±0.090.074±0.0340.128±0.0710.099±0.0530.001*0.046*0.732
ML Sway Distance (m/s2)0.059±0.0490.031±0.0170.064±0.0430.044±0.0270.077±0.0420.054±0.0220.003*0.018*0.61
  • * p-value<0.05, TBI - traumatic brain injury, TD - typically developing, AP - anterior-posterior, ML - medio-lateral, SD - standard deviation.