Table 4.
Pre- and post- treatment fall risk assessment measures
|
Treatment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPTT (N = 26) | Standard PT (N = 33) | |||||||||
| Variable |
Pre- |
Post- |
Diff1 |
p* |
Pre- |
Post- |
Diff2 |
p* |
p† |
|
| TUG |
mean |
14.64 |
11.26 |
−3.38 |
.001 |
14.29 |
11.69 |
−2.60 |
.001 |
.464 |
| (SD) |
(8.69) N = 20 |
(6.63) |
(3.56) |
|
(4.40) N = 23 |
(2.87) |
(3.44) |
|||
| DGI |
mean |
16.73 |
20.77 |
4.05 |
.001 |
17.29 |
20.90 |
3.60 |
.001 |
.657 |
| (SD) |
(8.69) |
(2.83) |
(4.13) |
|
(2.85) |
(2.56) |
(2.40) |
|||
| |
N = 22 |
|
|
|
N = 24 |
|
|
|||
| Berg |
mean |
45.91 |
50.82 |
4.91 |
.024 |
43.54 |
48.00 |
4.46 |
.032 |
.878 |
| |
(SD) |
(6.84) |
(4.63) |
(4.65) |
|
(5.90) |
(11.21) |
(12.82) |
|
|
| |
|
N = 22 |
|
|
|
N = 24 |
|
|
|
|
| ABC | mean |
61.80 |
73.79 |
12.00 |
.001 |
56.55 |
70.00 |
13.45 |
.001 | .700 |
| (SD) |
(14.87) |
(14.26) |
(12.56) |
|
(16.07) |
(13.54) |
(11.02) |
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| N = 20 | N = 20 | |||||||||
* Test of Null Hypothesis (H0: Pre- = Post-), Pre- = pre-treatment, Post- = post-treatment.
† Test of Null Hypothesis (H0: Diff1 = Diff2), Diff1 = SPTT (Post-) – (Pre-), Diff2 = Standard (Post-) – (Pre-).
TUG = Timed Up and Go Test; DGI = Dynamic Gait Index; Berg = Berg Balance Scale; and ABC = Activities Specific Balance Confidence scale; SPTT = Surface Perturbation Treadmill Training.