Assessment of Changes in Postural Stability and Load Distribution in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis After 12 Weeks of Self-Paced Exercises Programmed by a Physiotherapist: A Prospective Cohort Study

10 May 2026 : Clinical Research

Malwina Pawik

^{ABCDEF 1}, Łukasz Pawik

^{ABCDEF 1*}, Felicja Fink-Lwow

^{ACDEG 1}

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.951639

Med Sci Monit 2026; 32:e951639

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Table 2 Differences between balance test parameters at baseline and after 12 weeks of self-administered exercise (n=24).

Parameter	Eyes open					Eyes closed

	Before exercise program	After exercise program	P	Cohen’s d*	Power of the test	Before exercise program	After exercise program	P	Cohen’s d*	Power of the test

MCoCx [cm]			^#					^#
MCoCx [cm]			^#					^#

MCoCy [cm]			^#					^#
MCoCy [cm]			^#					^#

SPL [cm]	149±53	130±27	0.115^##	0.452	–^**	187±79	153±43.2	0.152^##	0.535	–^**
SPL [cm]	92–321	90–191	0.115^##	0.452	–^**	103–378	98–266	0.152^##	0.535	–^**

WoE [cm]	2.4±2.3	2.2±1.4	0.934^##	0.105	–^**	2.7±2.3	2.3±1.4	0.997^##	0.210	–^**
WoE [cm]	0.7–10.4	0.8–5.1	0.934^##	0.105	–^**	1.0–9.4	0.9–5.8	0.997^##	0.210	–^**

HoE [cm]	3.9±3.7	3.5±2.3	0.959^##	0.130	–^**	5.4±4.3	4.7±3.4	0.452^##	0.181	–^**
HoE [cm]	1.4–16.5	1.3–10.9	0.959^##	0.130	–^**	1.7–18.7	2.0–15.4	0.452^##	0.181	–^**

AoE [cm]	5.8±4.9	5.3±4.1	0.942^##	0.111	–^**	10.6±9.7	8.9±8.1	0.585^##	0.190	–^**
AoE [cm]	0.8–18.5	1.2–16.1	0.942^##	0.111	–^**	1.5–34.1	1.5–28.0	0.585^##	0.190	–^**
MCoCx – -coordinate of mean value of CoP; MCoCy – -coordinate of mean value of CoP; SPL – sway path length; WoE – width of ellipse; HoE – height of ellipse; AoE – area of ellipse. Data are means±SDs (upper rows) and 5–95 percentiles (lower rows). ^# Paired test was used; ^## Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used. ^* Cohen’s d is a standardized effect size measure; ^** the power of the test was not calculated as the data did not pass the normality test. Bold typeface indicates a statistically significant difference.

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