Table 2.
Effects on executive inhibitory control after 12 weeks of TC intervention.
| Variables | Tai Chi Group M ± SD | Control Group M ± SD | p-value | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-test | Post-test | Pre-test | Post-test | Group | Time | Group ×Time | Stroop task condition (STC) | STC× Group | STC× Time | STC × Group × Time | ||
| ACC (%) | incongruent | 96.54 ± 3.27 | 98.90 ± 1.32a,b | 96.76 ± 3.56 | 96.98 ± 3.50 | 0.05 | 0.25 | 0.04 | 0.74 | 0.94 | 0.01 | 0.49 |
| congruent | 97.57 ± 3.10c | 98.07 ± 2.58b | 97.42 ± 2.53 | 96.42 ± 3.39 | ||||||||
| RT (s) | incongruent | 0.73 ± 0.12 | 0.66 ± 0.07a,b | 0.77 ± 0.13 | 0.71 ± 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.65 | <0.01 | 0.01 | <0.01 | 0.92 |
| congruent | 0.67 ± 0.12c | 0.64 ± 0.06c | 0.68 ± 0.13c | 0.67 ± 0.09c | ||||||||
STC, Stroop task condition; ACC, accuracy; RT, reaction time. aRepresents the significance before and after within the group; bRepresents the significance between the Tai Chi group and the control group in the post-test; cRepresents the significance between the inconsistent task and the consistent task.