Table 2.
BBS1 score, TUG2 test and COP3 comparisons among the 3 groups before and after training
| BBS (point) | TUG Test (s) | RMS COP AP4 (mm) | RMS COP ML5 (mm) | COP Speed ML6 (mm/s) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | TC LEE (n = 40) | 8-form TC (n = 31) | Stretching (n = 31) | P-value | TC LEE (n = 40) | 8-form TC (n = 31) | Stretching (n = 31) | P-value | TC LEE (n = 40) | 8-form TC (n = 31) | Stretching (n = 31) | P-value | TC LEE (n = 40) | 8-form TC (n = 31) | Stretching (n = 31) | P-value | TC LEE (n = 40) | 8-form TC (n = 31) | Stretching (n = 31) | P-value |
| Before Training | 50.6 ± 3.0 | 50.6 ± 2.3 | 49.7 ± 1.8 | 0.155 | 13.9 ± 2.5 | 13.3 ± 3.5 | 13.9 ± 1.6 | 0.657 | 6.1 ± 1.4 | 7.0 ± 1.8 | 6.7 ± 1.5 | 0.187 | 7.3 ± 2.3 | 8.0 ± 1.4 | 8.0 ± 1.0 | 0.396 | 20.2 ± 4.1 | 20.4 ± 6.5 | 21.5 ± 5.5 | 0.569 |
| After Training | 53.5 ± 2.1a,b | 53.3 ± 1.0a,b | 50.8 ± 1.7b | 0.002 | 10.9 ± 2.4a,b | 11.2 ± 2.0a,b | 14.0 ± 2.3 | 0.001 | 3.9 ± 1.3a,b | 4.3 ± 1.0a,b | 6.6 ± 1.5 | 0.001 | 6.5 ± 1.5a,b | 6.2 ± 1.2a,b | 8.0 ± 1.1 | 0.001 | 13.1 ± 3.4a,b | 12.3 ± 3.5a,b | 21.5 ± 4.8 | 0.001 |
| P-value | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.905 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.917 | 0.044 | 0.001 | 0.993 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.929 | |||||
mm : millimeter
mm/s : millimeter/s
1Berg Balance Scale
2Timed Up and Go test
3Center of Pressure
4Root mean square of center of pressure in anterior–posterior direction
5Root mean square of center of pressure in medial–lateral direction
6Center of pressure speed in medial–lateral direction
aThe value is significantly different compared with the control group
bThe value is significantly increased after the training