Table 2.
Influence of balance training with moderate-intensity exercises in persons with Parkinson’s disease and healthy older individuals on the postural control outcome compared with control groups.
| Baseline Characteristic | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Training | PDBT (n = 16) |
PDNT (n = 13) |
HBT (n = 16) |
HNT (n = 16) |
GROUP | F (p) BT |
GROUP × BT | All PD (n = 29) |
All Healthy (n = 32) |
| POMA (points) |
pre BT | 21.38 ± 2.25 ‡§ | 21.31 ± 2.59 #† | 25.94 ± 1.57 | 27.31 ± 1.14 | 58.05 | 29.05 | 12.72 | 21.34 ± 2.36 a | 26.63 ± 1.52 |
| after BT | 23.13 ± 2.16 *‡§& | 20.62 ± 2.66 #† | 28.00 ± 0.00 * | 27.88 ± 0.62 | (<0.01) | (<0.01) | (<0.01) | |||
Data presented as mean ± SD; * significant influence of BT (p < 0.05); §: PDBT group vs. HBT group (p < 0.05); ‡: PDBT group vs. HNT group (p < 0.05); #: PDNT group vs. HNT group (p < 0.05); †: PDNT group vs. HBT group (p < 0.05); & PDNT group vs. PDBT group (p < 0.05); a: All PD group vs. All H group (p < 0.05); SD: standard deviation; PD: Parkinson Disease; H: healthy; BT: balance training; HBT: group of training, healthy elder individuals; HNT: group of non-training elder, healthy individuals; PDBT: training group with PD; PDNT: non-training PD group.