| Variables | IG | CG | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | z | p-value | Pre | Post | z | p-value | |
| TACTILE PERFORMANCE | ||||||||
| Touch-threshold (mN), RID | 0.27 ± 0.04 | 0.23 ± 0.07 | −3.005 | 0.002 | 0.17 ± 0.02 | 0.23 ± 0.03 | 1.823 | 0.034 |
| 2-Point-discrimination-threshold (mm), RID | 3.85 ± 0.12 | 3.14 ± 0.12 | −3.425 | 0.001 | 3.72 ± 0.14 | 3.51 ± 0.14 | −1.481 | 0.070 |
| Haptic object recognition (error) | 2.86 ± 0.63 | 2.41 ± 0.42 | −3.103 | 0.001 | 4.55 ± 1.08 | 4.30 ± 1.07 | −0.237 | 0.407 |
| Haptic object recognition (time) | 278.82 ± 26.83 | 265.27 ± 27.42 | −1.282 | 0.100 | 215.30 ± 11.70 | 213.60 ± 11.52 | −0.169 | 0.433 |
| INTELLIGENCE | ||||||||
| RSPMa | 20.52 ± 0.95 | 20.08 ± 0.96 | −1.239 | 0.108 | 19.60 ± 2.02 | 18.30 ± 1.98 | −1.569 | 0.059 |
| CARDIO-PULMONARY PERFORMANCE | ||||||||
| VO2peak (I/min) | 14.8 ± 0.82 | 12.71 ± 0.82 | 0.110 | 12.41 ± 1.23 | 12.27 ± 1.45 | 1.000 | ||
IG, intervention group; CG, control group; L, left hand; R, right hand; RID, right index finger.
Values are means, SEM.
a
Raven Standard Progressive Matrices, subset of 30 items.