Evaluation of the reliability and validity for X16 balance testing scale for the elderly

BMC Geriatrics

Table 6 Age-specific balance performance of the elderly in Shanghai

Age (years)	n	Static balance	Postural stability	Dynamic balance	Balance performance
60~	1041	3.72 ± 0.82^a	7.56 ± 1.10^a	7.63 ± 1.20^a	18.91 ± 2.47^a
70~	675	3.41 ± 1.08^b	7.01 ± 1.62^b	7.19 ± 1.87^b	17.61 ± 3.84^b
80~ 97	269	2.73 ± 1.47^c	5.77 ± 2.30^c	5.62 ± 3.07^c	14.12 ± 6.06^c
Total	1985	3.48 ± 1.07	7.13 ± 1.61	7.21 ± 1.91	17.82 ± 3.96

The data were presented as mean ± standard deviation. The one-way ANOVA was performed followed by Tamhane’ T2 for multiple comparison
Letters (a, b, c) indicated the multiple comparison results among various ages. Same letters indicated non-significant difference, different letters indicated significant differences in statistics. Significance level was 0.05

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