Table 4. Functional Tests.
Placebo | Supplement | |||||||||
MEN (N = 8) | WOMEN (N = 10) | MEN (N = 11) | WOMEN (N = 10) | Training Effect | Sex Effect | |||||
Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | P value | P value | |
Sit and Stand (#) | 13±2 | 16±1 | 10±2 | 14±4 | 12±2 | 15±3 | 11±3 | 13±2 | 0.0001 | 0.0005 |
Timed Stairs (sec) | 6.8±0.6 | 6.9±1.5 | 8.7±1.7 | 8.1±1.6 | 8.1±1.3 | 7.7±1.5 | 7.8±0.9 | 6.9±0.9 | 0.004 | 0.24 |
Walk Test (sec) | 14.8±2.7 | 13.7±2.1 | 17.5±2.5 | 16.1±2.4 | 17.3±2.6 | 16.6±3.5 | 16.8±2.0 | 15.1±1.2 | 0.0001 | 0.34 |
Chair and Walk (sec) | 13.4±1.7 | 11.4±2.3 | 15.0±2.4 | 13.3±2.2 | 14.5±2.4 | 13.7±3.1 | 14.3±2.1 | 12.6±1.3 | 0.0001 | 0.08 |
Balance Walk (sec) | 23.4±8.5 | 22.3±9.0 | 33±6.1 | 28.1±7.6 | 32.6±11.4 | 27.4±8.1 | 31.9±8 | 25.3±7.8 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
Values are means±standard deviation. Sec = seconds; # = number completed.