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. 2021 Sep 23;8:734812. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.734812

Table 2.

Summary of the functional fitness of participants.

Variables Group Pre-test Post-test Sources F p-value ηp2
M (SD) M (SD)
Back scratch (cm) Experimental 0.15 ± 9.51 −0.38 ± 8.24 Group 1.95 0.17 0.03
Control −2.46 ± 10.20 −3.60 ± 11.53 Time 0.91 0.34 0.01
Group × Time 0.47 0.50 0.01
Chair sit-and-reach (cm) Experimental 7.01 ± 8.72 9.37 ± 7.71 Group 0.29 0.59 0.00
Control 9.89 ± 10.57 8.74 ± 9.65 Time 1.04 0.31 0.01
Group × Time 8.80 0.004* 0.11
Arm curl (times) Experimental 24.28 ± 5.12 26.61 ± 4.68 Group 0.26 0.87 0.00
Control 25.88 ± 3.57 25.18 ± 3.01 Time 0.27 0.60 0.00
Group × Time 0.64 0.43 0.01
Chair stand (times) Experimental 21.03 ± 3.59 23.54 ± 3.32 Group 1.43 0.24 0.02
Control 21.38 ± 3.84 21.32 ± 3.10 Time 25.58 <0.001* 0.27
Group × Time 28.09 <0.001* 0.28
2-min step (times) Experimental 103.08 ± 11.35 113.28 ± 12.24 Group 0.32 0.58 0.00
Control 108.44 ± 12.31 110.79 ± 11.14 Time 36.25 <0.001* 0.34
Group × Time 14.17 <0.001* 0.17
8-foot up-and-go (sec) Experimental 5.01 ± 0.66 5.04 ± 0.60 Group 3.83 0.06 0.05
Control 5.19 ± 0.49 5.24 ± 0.51 Time 0.39 0.54 0.04
Group × Time 0.02 0.97 0.00

M, mean; SD, standard deviation.

*

p < 0.05.