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. 2021 Apr 5;9(4):419. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9040419

Table 3.

Comparison of physical fitness.

Physical Fitness Components Group T0 T1 T2 Group Time Group × Time
Interaction
Cardiorespiratory fitness CWPAG 113.9 ± 16.41 120.7 ± 10.47 * 135.65 ± 10.52 *** F(2) = 0.52,
p = 0.599,
partial η2 = 0.025
F(2) = 39.82,
p < 0.001,
partial η2 = 0.434
F(4) = 4.26,
p = 0.003,
partial η2 = 0.141
CWPSG 111.71 ± 19.4 124.05 ± 15.15 ** 125.48 ± 22.46 **
NWSG 97.27 ± 10.94 126.82 ± 6.87 *** 127 ± 13.04 ***
Lower extremity muscular strength CWPAG 16.65 ± 2.62 19.6 ± 3.89 24.8 ± 5.05 ** F(2) = 0.24,
p = 0.79,
partial η2 = 0.004
F(2) = 10.91,
p < 0.001,
partial η2 = 0.173
F(4) = 0.39,
p = 0.817,
partial η2 = 0.015
CWPSG 17.67 ± 3.38 19.9 ± 3.02 27.24 ± 26.35 **
NWSG 13.45 ± 2.66 20.55 ± 2.7 22.55 ± 2.5 *
Active balance ability CWPAG 7.03 ± 0.98 6.56 ± 1.02 ** 5.56 ± 0.56 *** F(2) = 1.35,
p = 0.266,
partial η2 = 0.069
F(2) = 77.65,
p < 0.001,
partial η2 = 0.599
F(4) = 4.04,
p = 0.004,
partial η2 = 0.134
CWPSG 7.37 ± 1.16 6.5 ± 0.78 ** 5.8 ± 0.74 ***
NWSG 7.82 ± 0.9 5.88 ± 0.69 *** 5.73 ± 0.74 ***

Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. CWPAG: cognitive walking program-active group; CWPSG: cognitive walking program-sedentary group; NWG: normal walking-sedentary group. Significance level of the contrasts of marginal linear predictions vs. Time 0: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.