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Fig. 2

From: The kinematics and strategies of recovery steps during lateral losses of balance in standing at different perturbation magnitudes in older adults with varying history of falls

Fig. 2

Mean probabilities of stepping by perturbation magnitude for non-fallers (NFs), one-time fallers (OFs), and recurrent fallers (RFs). Placement of symbols indicates mean values of the percentages of stepping trials out of the total number of trials at each perturbation magnitude for each group. The Fisher’s exact test (observed cases less than five) and chi-squared test (five or more observed cases) were used to test for differences in probabilities of stepping between groups. a – Significant differences between NFs and OFs. b – Significant differences between NFs and RFs. C- Significant differences between of OFs and RFs. Significance adjusted for 3-pairwise comparisons with a Bonferroni adjustment for multiple comparisons (p = 0.05/3 = 0.016)

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