Table 1. Sample description, including the results of MMSE, FES-1-Brazil, TUG, TUG-M, TUG-C and p-values for statistical tests comparing the groups: non-faller and faller.
non-faller | faller | p-value | ||
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n | 18 | 18 | ||
Age | μ ± σ | 70.94 ± 6.69 | 75.25 ± 8.20 | 0.102a |
Gender | Female | 10 (56%) | 15 (83%) | 0.146b |
Male | 8 (44%) | 3 (17%) | ||
MMSE | μ ± σ | 26.46 ± 4.35 | 23.75 ± 3.93 | 0.117a |
FES | μ ± σ | 24.62 ± 7.74 | 21.00 ± 6.55 | 0.222a |
TUG (s) | μ ± σ | 9.026 ± 2.376 | 10.395 ± 2.713 | 0.094a |
TUG-M (s) | μ ± σ | 9.790 ± 3.016 | 10.974 ± 2.713 | 0.232a |
TUG-C (s) | μ ± σ | 13.806 ± 5.962 | 17.016 ± 6.250 | 0.130a |
TUG avg (s) | μ ± σ | 10.870 ± 3.480 | 12.790 ± 3.261 | 0.067a |
TUG-M—TUG (s) | μ ± σ | 1.028 ± 1.055 | 0.972 ± 0.804 | 0.863a |
TUG-C—TUG (s) | μ ± σ | 4.201 ± 4.361 | 6.123 ± 5.281 | 0.248a |
TUG-M—TUG-C (s) | μ ± σ | 4.872 ± 4.307 | 6.677 ± 5.355 | 0.279a |
steps TUG | μ ± σ | 13.954 ± 3.261 | 16.111 ± 4.114 | 0.090a |
steps TUG-M | μ ± σ | 14.500 ± 2.727 | 15.500 ± 3.976 | 0.430a |
steps TUG-C | μ ± σ | 17.012 ± 4.958 | 18.556 ± 6.608 | 0.387a |
a—p-values for t-test;
b—p-value for Fisher’s exact test.