Table 8.
The distribution of activities from the Tinettia test in which patients did not score the maximum number of points.
| Activities | After Training | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group C | Group E | |||
| n | % | n | % | |
| Sitting balance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rises from chair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Attempts to rise from chair | 2 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
| Immediate standing balance (first 5 s) | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Standing balance | 7 | 35 | 2 | 10 |
| Nudged (subject at max position with feet as close together as possible, examiner pushes lightly on subject’s sternum with palm of hand 3 times) | 7 | 35 | 2 | 10 |
| Eyes closed (at max position—see #6 above) | 7 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| Turning 360 degrees | 40 | 100 | 40 | 100 |
| Sitting down | 17 | 85 | 3 | 15 |
| Initiation of gait (immediately after told to “go”) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Step length and height | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Step symmetry | 5 | 25 | 1 | 5 |
| Step continuity | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Path (estimated in relation to floor tiles, 12-inch diameter; observe excursion of 1 foot over about 10 feet of the course) | 16 | 80 | 1 | 5 |
| Trunk | 17 | 85 | 1 | 5 |
| Walking stance | 14 | 70 | 0 | 0 |