Table 1.
Participant’s characteristics at baseline
| EG1 Prevalence or Mean ± SD |
EG2 Prevalence or Mean ± SD |
CG Prevalence or Mean ± SD |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 74.3 ± 5.4 | 74.7 ± 5.5 | 76.8 ± 5.8 | 0.407 |
| Sex, female (%) | 14 (87.5) | 15 (93.8) | 13 (68.4) | 0.124 |
| Educational level (years) | 6.0 ± 2.6 | 6.1 ± 3.4 | 7.0 ± 5.3 | 0.997 |
| MMSE (points) | 27.7 ± 1.7 | 28.2 ± 1.7 | 28.5 ± 1.6 | 0.332 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 29.1 ± 3.0 | 28.6 ± 4.3 | 28.1 ± 4.4 | 0.648 |
| CPF (points) | 21.5 ± 2.7 | 20.8 ± 2.2 | 21.5 ± 2.8 | 0.554 |
| IPAQ (MET-min/week) | 927.0 ± 557.9 | 953.4 ± 638.5 | 740.4 ± 520.9 | 0.611 |
| Number of falls within the last six months (n) | 1.13 ± 0.8 | 1.19 ± 1.0 | 1.11 ± 0.3 | 0.993 |
SD Standard deviation, EG1 Experimental group attending the psychomotor intervention program (n = 16), EG2 Experimental group attending the combined exercise program: psychomotor intervention program + WBV (n = 16), GC control group (n = 19), MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, BMI Body mass index, CPF Composite Physical Function, IPAQ International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Significant differences within groups, p ≤ 0.05