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For fractional gaussian noise (fGn) signals, the analysis returns a scaling exponent, DFA-\u03b1, whose value characterizes the temporal correlations as persistent, random, or anti-persistent. In the study of postural control, DFA has revealed two time scaling regions, one at the short-term and one at the long-term scaling regions in the diffusion plots, suggesting different types of postural dynamics. Much attention has been given to the selection of minimum and maximum scales, but the choice of spacing (step size) between the window sizes at which the fluctuation function is evaluated may also affect the estimates of scaling exponents. The aim of this study is twofold. First, to determine whether DFA can reveal postural adjustments supporting performance of an upper limb task under variable demands. Second, to compare evenly-spaced DFA with two different step sizes, 0.5 and 1.0 in log\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    units, applied to CoP time series.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold>\n                    We analyzed time series of anterior-posterior (AP) and medial-lateral (ML) CoP displacement from healthy participants performing a sequential upper limb task under variable demand.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    DFA diffusion plots revealed two scaling regions in the AP and ML CoP time series. The short-term scaling region generally showed hyper-diffusive dynamics and long-term scaling revealed mildly persistent dynamics in the ML direction and random-like dynamics in the AP direction. There was a systematic tendency for higher estimates of DFA-\u03b1 and lower estimates for crossover points for the 0.5-unit step size vs. 1.0-unit size.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Discussion:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Results provide evidence that DFA-\u03b1 captures task-related differences between postural adjustments in the AP and ML directions. Results also showed that DFA-\u03b1 estimates and crossover points are sensitive to step size. A step size of 0.5 led to less variable DFA-\u03b1 for the long-term scaling region, higher estimation for the short-term scaling region, lower estimate for crossover points, and revealed anomalous estimates at the very short range that had implications for choice of minimum window size. 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