Table II. —Balance and freezing of gait variables of the experimental and control groups at pre- and postintervention.
| Preintervention mean (SD) |
Postintervention mean (SD) |
Intragroup difference pre- and postintervention mean (SD) |
Intergroup difference pre- and postintervention mean (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CG (N.=18) |
EG (N.=21) |
CG (N.=18) |
EG (N.=21) |
CG (N.=18) |
EG (N.=21) |
EG-CG | |
| MiniBESTest | |||||||
| Domain – Anticipatory postural adjustments | 5.38±0.5 | 5.77±0.5 | 5.23±0.4 | 6.00±0.5 | -0.15±-0.1 | 0.23±0.0 | 0.77 (-0.84 to 2.00) |
| Domain – Reactive postural control | 5.90±0.4 | 6.00±0.5 | 6.23±0.4 | 6.22±0.4 | 0.33±0.0 | 0.22±-0.1 | -0.01 (-1.39 to 1.31) |
| Domain – Sensory orientation | 4.81±0.2 | 5.00±0.2 | 5.09±0.2 | 5.50±0.2* | 0.28±0.0 | 0.50±0.0* | 0.41 (-0.40 to 0.99) |
| Domain – Dynamic gait | 7.52±0.4 | 7.38±0.4 | 7.66±0.3 | 8.00±0.4* | 0.14±-0.1 | 0.62±0.0* | 0.34 (-1.00 to 1.20) |
| Total score | 23.61±1.3 | 24.16±1.4 | 24.23±1.3 | 25.72±1.4* | 0.62±0.0 | 1.56±0.0* | 1.49 (-2.82 to 4.85) |
| FOG-Q | 9.75±1.5 | 9.33±1.6 | 8.70±1.5 | 8.83±1.6 | -1.05±0.0 | -0.5±0.0 | 0.13 (-4.32 to 4.60) |
*P˂0.05 in intragroup difference pre- and post-intervention. SD: standard deviation; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; CG: control group; EG: experimental group; MiniBESTest: Mini Balance Evaluation Systems Test; FOG-Q: Freezing of Gait Questionnaire.