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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2013 Oct 30;49(6):877–892.

Table 3.

Participant characteristics

Groups Number of subjects Total number of subjects lost Age Sex (% of female)

Evgeniadis et al. 2008 Intervention 24 9 68.6 70%
Control 24 4 69.4 87%
Fung et al. 2012 Intervention 27 0 68 58%
Control 23 0 68 42%
Harmer et al. 2009 Intervention 53 4 67.8 57%
Control 49 2 68.7 57%
Johnson et al. 2010 Intervention 11 3 67 25%
Control 10 2 68.5 50%
Kauppila et al. 2010 Intervention 44 8 70.7 76%
Control 42 3 70.6 79%
Kramer et al. 2003 Intervention A 80 15 68.2 59%
Intervention B 80 22 68.6 55%
Levine et al. 2013 Intervention 35 7 65.1 76%
Control 35 10 68.1 62%
Liao et al. 2013 Intervention 65 7 71.4 79%
Control 65 10 72.9 67%
Liebs et al. 2012 Intervention A 87 21 68.5 70%
Intervention B 98 29 70.9 73%
Madsen et al. 2013 Intervention 40 4 69.9 47%
Control 40 8 66.2 50%
Mockford et al. 2008 Intervention 75 4 69.4 65%
Control 75 3 70.9 58%
Moffet et al. 2004 Intervention 38 0 66.7 56%
Control 39 8 68.7 63%
Petterson et al. 2009 Intervention 41 0 65.4 58%
Control 41 0 65.9 66%
Piva et al. 2010 Intervention 21 3 70 72%
Control 22 5 67 72%
Rajan et al. 2004 Intervention 56 0 69 64%
Control 60 0 68 61%
Russel et al. 2011 Intervention 31 1 66.2 Unknown
Control 34 1 69.6 Unknown
Tousignant et al. 2011 Intervention 24 3 66 Unknown
Control 24 4 66 Unknown
Valtonen et al. 2010 Intervention 26 1 66.2 Unknown
Control 24 3 65.7 Unknown
Valtonen et al. 2011 Intervention 26 1 65.8 Unknown
Control 24 7 66.4 Unknown

Study included a second experimental group that is not included in the current review.

Study included a between intervention comparison that is not included in the current review.