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Table 4 Overview of the difficulty and fits statistics of the balance exercise in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS)

From: Development of an exercise programme for balance abilities in people with multiple sclerosis: a development of concept study using Rasch analysis

Exercise Id

Exercise name

Dimension

Exercise difficulty in logits

S.E.

Outfit

Mean-square

Point biserial correlation

e1

Standing wide stance

Stable BOS

−3.97

0.31

1.39

0.52

e2

Standing feet together

Stable BOS

−1.48

0.2

0.91

0.76

e3

Step stance wide feet position

Stable BOS

−1.23

0.2

1.62

0.67

e4

Semi-tandem stance

Stable BOS

0.62

0.16

0.53

0.87

e5

Tandem stance feet apart

Stable BOS

1.84

0.13

0.82

0.78

e6

Tandem stance

Stable BOS

1.99

0.13

0.52

0.8

e7

One leg stance

Stable BOS

2.23

0.13

1.2

0.72

e8

Wall leaning forwards

Sway

0.28

0.22

0.94

0.77

e9

Wall leaning backwards

Sway

1.44

0.18

1.08

0.75

e10

Standing moving body sidewards

Sway

−0.57

0.26

1.16

0.67

e11

Rolling ball forwards

Sway

−1.15

0.28

1.04

0.67

e12

Stepping forwards

Step and walk

−1.76

0.18

0.93

0.71

e13

Stepping sidewards

Step and walk

−0.41

0.14

0.85

0.83

e14

Stepping backwards

Step and walk

−1.51

0.17

0.78

0.78

e15

Leaning forwards reactive step

Step and walk

−0.01

0.14

1.39

0.76

e16

Line walking

Step and walk

1.06

0.14

1.06

0.82

e17

Walk backwards

Step and walk

1.6

0.14

0.5

0.81

e18

Heel walking

Step and walk

0.88

0.13

1.59

0.74

e19

Forefoot walking

Step and walk

0.15

0.13

0.95

0.83

  1. S.E. standard error, BOS base of support