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

Table 2

Effect of inclined platform angles on initial leg stepping preference.

Inclined platform angle	Leg dynamics in terms of loading		Initial leg stepping preference		Fisher’s exact test (p-value)	Phi/Cramer’s V (p-value)
	Left	Right	Left (%)	Right (%)
6° left (left leg raised)	Unloaded	Loaded	34 (73.9)	12 (26.1)	<0.001	0.590 (<0.001)
6° right (right leg raised)	Loaded	Unloaded	7 (15.2)	39 (84.8)
11° left (left leg raised)	Unloaded	Loaded	40 (87)	6 (13)	<0.001	0.806 (<0.001)
11° right (right leg raised)	Loaded	Unloaded	03 (6.5)	43 (93.5)