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Twenty subjects were assessed on a force platform screwed over a movable plate that could combine the following settings: direction (forward (FW) and backward (BW)), displacement (25 mm, 50 mm, and 100 mm), and ramp rate (100 mm\/s and 200 mm\/s). The subjects underwent two sets of 12 trials randomly combining the plate settings. From the CoP trajectory of the 2.5 s time window after the perturbation, the 95% confidence-interval ellipse (Area95) and the CoP mean velocity (Unit Path) were calculated. Within the same time window, the first peak (FP), the maximal oscillations (\u0394CoPMax), and the standard deviation (PPV) of the CoP anterior\u2013posterior trajectory were calculated. The plate direction (p &lt; 0.01), ramp rate (p &lt; 0.001), and displacement (p &lt; 0.01) affected the Area95, FP, and \u0394CoPMax, while the Unit Path and PPV were influenced only by the ramp rate (p &lt; 0.001) and displacement (p &lt; 0.001). 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