Research Article

Design and Performance Analysis of a Mecanum-Built Perturbation-Based Balance Training Device

Table 5

Peak-acceleration analysis.

TimePWMMean acceleration difference in m/s2 (p-value)Task
Acceleration123
InputActual mean

73311.26−0.814 (0.000)−1.551(0.000)9 cm straight
45022.080.814 (0.000)−0.737 (0.000)
36032.821.551 (0.000)0.737 (0.000)

103310.94−1.026 (0.000)−1.967 (0.000)9 cm diagonal
46021.961.026 (0.000)−0.941 (0.000)
38332.911.967 (0.000)0.941 (0.000)

94311.06−1.296 (0.000)−1.888 (0.000)18 cm straight
66322.191.296 (0.000)−0.592 (0.013)
410232.951.888 (0.000)0.592 (0.013)

173310.87−1.462 (0.000)−2.048 (0.000)18 cm diagonal
412022.321.462 (0.000)−0.586 (0.010)
315032.922.048 (0.000)0.586 (0.010)