Table 2.
Findings on outcome measures at pre-training (pre), and the end of training (post) by intervention group.
Measure | Single-task (ST) balance training (N = 7) | Dual-task training: fixed priority (FP) (N = 8) | Dual-task training: variable priority (VP) (N = 6) | Pa | |||
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Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | ||
Angle (°) | |||||||
Narrow walk | 1.11 ± 0.62 | 0.99 ± 0.13 | 1.47 ± 0.65 | 1.38 ± 4.60 | 1.66 ± 0.49 | 1.09 ± 0.56 | .25 |
Narrow walk + count | 1.36 ± 0.54 | 0.95 ± 0.33 | 1.49 ± 0.62 | 1.04 ± 0.67 | 1.74 ± 0.49 | 0.76 ± 0.38 | .04 |
Obstacle | 2.07 ± 0.91 | 1.74 ± 0.69 | 1.84 ± 0.66 | 1.64 ± 0.32 | 2.56 ± 0.78 | 2.20 ± 0.66 | .86 |
Obstacle + Stroop | 2.12 ± 0.61 | 1.85 ± 0.51 | 2.14 ± 0.47 | 2.09 ± 0.75 | 2.71 ± 0.50 | 2.33 ± 0.82 | .54 |
Rate of response | |||||||
Sit + count | 36.57 ± 9.98 | 37.43 ± 6.08 | 33.75 ± 8.84 | 42.69 ± 7.29 | 43.00 ± 18.96 | 51.00 ± 19.54 | .04 |
Narrow walk + count | 34.00 ± 10.78 | 32.57 ± 6.40 | 30.60 ± 7.43 | 36.75 ± 6.32 | 39.67 ± 17.95 | 51.80 ± 20.55 | .04 |
VRT (ms) | |||||||
Sit + Stroop | 939.54 ± 49.01 | 952.05 ± 66.64 | 1104.18 ± 38.75 | 974.48 ± 52.68 | 1021.96 ± 44.74 | 906.95 ± 60.83 | .02 |
Obstacle + Stroop | 936.51 ± 60.66 | 982.06 ± 56.05 | 1026.83 ± 47.96 | 1022.20 ± 44.31 | 963.53 ± 55.38 | 938.29 ± 51.16 | .21 |
Group × time interaction effect.