Research Article

A Cross-Sectional Study on Fall Direction and Lower Limb Loading in Response to a Perturbation on Laterally Inclined Platform

Table 1

The influence of step width on different inclined platform angles and the comparison between both sides of the leg.

Inclined platform angleANOVA testTukey’s HSD
Step width mean (cm)p-valueMean differencep-value

6° left (left leg raised)19.42<0.00110.74<0.001
11° left (left leg raised)8.69
6° right (right leg raised)22.909.16<0.001
11° right (right leg raised)13.73