Effect of Motorized Elephant-Assisted Therapy Program on Balance Control of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Table 1

Postural sway means and standard deviation of control and experimental groups at pretest and posttest.

	Pretest			Posttest
		Min.	Max.		Min.	Max.
Control group ()
(1) EO floor
AP		21	95		24	111
ML		11	82		16	63
Area		363	5225		576	4662
(2) EC floor
AP		21	86		35	119
ML		18	137		11	43
Area		396	9590		627	3332
(3) EO foam
AP		28	112		45	190
ML		23	66		25	63
Area		780	7392		1150	11970
(4) EC foam
AP		43	134		41	118
ML		46	99		39	136
Area		2322	3266		2223	9234
Experimental group ()
(1) EO floor
AP		15	108		6	62
ML		16	78		14	82
Area		240	6630		84	3968
(2) EC floor
AP		18	76		3	105
ML		22	106		14	115
Area		396	6075		90	5980
(3) EO foam
AP		25	139		7	102
ML		24	113		16	62
Area		600	8479		168	3850
(4) EC foam
AP		37	115		32	131
ML		38	159		27	112
Area		1406	18285		1053	10349

AP = anteroposterior range in millimetres; ML = mediolateral range in millimetres; Area = sway area in square millimetres.