Table 3.
Comparison of the variables before and after intervention for the intervention group and the control group.
| Pretraining | Posttraining | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention group | Control group | p | Intervention group | Control group | p | |
| SPPB | 8.26 ± 2.91 | 6.28 ± 2.61 | 0.04 | 10.30 ± 2.20 | 7.71 ± 2.20 | <0.001 |
| BBS | 48.87 ± 8.49a | 46.50 ± 7.24a | 0.770 | 51.51 ± 0.57a | 46.79 ± 0.74a | <0.001 |
| TUG (s) | 14.05 ± 6.36a | 15.45 ± 7.01a | 0.540 | 11.79 ± 4.73a | 15.71 ± 6.76a | <0.001 |
| GS (m/s) | 0.86 ± 0.27a | 0.78 ± 0.32a | 0.981 | 1.04 ± 0.30a | 0.85 ± 0.29a | <0.001 |
SPPB: short physical performance battery; BBS: Berg balance scale; TUG: timed up and go; GS: gait speed. aOne-way ANCOVA adjusted for age and baseline values as covariates.