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Table 1 Mean (standard deviation) of baseline characteristics in PDWs with and without CAI

From: Factors contributing to chronic ankle instability in parcel delivery workers based on machine learning techniques

 

with CAI (n = 60)

Without CAI (n = 184)

p

Age (yr)

38.20

±

6.14

37.23

±

8.82

0.431

Work duration (day)

394.59

±

156.60

407.80

±

271.17

0.721

BMI (kg/m2)

25.33

±

4.11

23.44

±

3.46

0.001

Evertor strength in neutral position (kgf)

21.63

±

7.02

25.65

±

8.55

0.000

Evertor strength in plantar flexion (kgf)

15.12

±

4.10

17.77

±

6.50

0.000

Invertor strength(kgf)

25.55

±

7.22

29.62

±

8.45

0.000

Ratio of evertor in neutral/invertor (%)

89.63

±

36.81

88.81

±

25.97

0.873

Ratio of evertor in plantar flexion/invertor (%)

64.19

±

29.57

61.23

±

18.66

0.469

Ankle dorsiflexor strength (kgf)

38.05

±

11.75

41.29

±

13.64

0.077

Ankle dorsiflexion ROM (°)

2.11

±

5.19

5.00

±

4.00

0.000

Lunge angle (°)

38.61

±

8.83

45.05

±

30.63

0.011

Navicular drop (cm)

0.68

±

0.51

0.65

±

0.32

0.539

RCSP (°)

2.37

±

3.47

1.45

±

3.65

0.086

YBT (%)

93.41

±

13.25

112.83

±

13.38

0.018

Success of ECSLS (0/1)

48/12 (0/1)

112/72 (0/1)

0.007

Number of balance retrials of ECSLS (trial)

2.14

±

1.81

1.90

±

2.42

0.426