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

Parameter	Eyes open					Eyes closed
Parameter	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
DL			^#					,,^*		^**
DL			^#					,,^*		^**
NDL			^#					,,^*		^**
NDL			^#					,,^*		^**
DL – dominant leg; NDL – nondominant leg. The 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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