Table 2. . Outcome measures.
| Variable | Control | Intervention | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Post | Baseline | Post | |
| Mobility | ||||
| Forward gait | ||||
| – Velocity (cm/s/LL) | 1.51 (0.20) | 1.57 (0.21) | 1.55 (0.27) | 1.54 (0.24) |
| – Cadence (steps/min) | 111.2 (8.7) | 111.7 (8.0) | 114.7 (8.3) | 114.6 (8.3) |
| – Stride length (cm/LL) | 1.63 (0.18) | 1.69 (0.21) | 1.62 (0.24) | 1.61 (0.22) |
| Fast gait | ||||
| – Velocity (cm/s/LL) | 2.12 (0.29) | 2.17 (0.32) | 2.20 (0.40) | 2.10 (0.39) |
| – Cadence (steps/min) | 133.1 (10.6) | 132.9 (11.3) | 139.7 (14.2) | 136.6 (14.1) |
| – Stride length (cm/LL) | 1.91 (0.20) | 1.96 (0.19) | 1.89 (0.28) | 1.84 (0.29) |
| Steps/day | 8016 (3197) | 7529 (3010) | 8183 (2803) | 7338 (2759) |
| Speech | ||||
| Sustained phonation | ||||
| – Maximum duration (s) | 20.09 (7.45) | 20.06 (8.06) | 22.32 (10.18) | 23.84 (13.55) |
| – Mean frequency (Hz) | 136.4 (42.0) | 144.4 (49.2) | 156.1 (46.8) | 156.9 (50.1) |
| Rainbow passage | ||||
| – Total duration (s) | 123.2 (17.6)† | 122.2 (19.4)† | 119.2 (11.0)† | 114.8 (10.6)† |
| – STSD | 2.08 (0.70) | 2.22 (0.91) | 2.28 (0.54) | 2.18 (0.41) |
| Dexterity | ||||
| 9HPT | ||||
| – Dominant (s) | 26.68 (4.32)† | 26.20 (3.61)† | 24.83 (4.80)† | 24.41 (5.90)† |
| – Nondominant (s) | 27.37 (4.50)† | 25.99 (3.28)† | 25.89 (4.96)† | 25.99 (4.64) |
Values are mean (SD).
†Non-normal distributions.
9HPT: 9-Hole Peg test; LL: Leg length; STSD: Semitone standard deviation.