Table 2.
Mean ± standard error of the mean of pre- and post-intervention scores on the BI, POMA (total, gait and balance), SF-12 (total, physical and mental component score), FES-I and gait speed. Pre-post and between groups comparisons are reported for each score (p < 0.005).
| CG | p-Value | TG | p-Value |
p-Value CG vs. TG |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T0 | T1 | T0 | T1 | T0 | T1 | |||
| BI | 90.3 ± 3.9 | 87.6 ± 4.5 | 0.251 | 91.88 ± 2.4 | 94.3 ± 3.7 | 0.281 | 0.687 | 0.367 |
| POMA | ||||||||
| POMA Total | 22.2 ± 1.2 | 23.3 ± 1.6 | 0.208 | 24.6 ± 0.9 | 25.9 ± 0.7 | 0.010 ^ | 0.142 | 0.034 * |
| POMA Gait | 9.7 ± 0.5 | 9.7 ± 0.8 | 0.905 | 10.9 ± 0.4 | 0.185 | 0.352 | 0.003 * | |
| POMA Balance | 12.4 ± 0.7 | 13.5 ± 0.8 | 0.017 ^ | 13.8 ± 0.5 | 14.7 ± 0.4 | 0.004 ^ | 0.249 | 0.034 * |
| SF-12 | 11.4 ± 0.2 | |||||||
| SF-12-Tot | 30.3 ± 0.7 | 30.3 ± 0.7 | 0.651 | 31.6 ± 0.7 | 30.1 ± 0.6 | 0.055 | 0.476 | 0.094 |
| PCS-12 | 13.2 ± 0.6 | 13.2 ± 0.5 | 0.856 | 13.8 ± 0.4 | 13.6 ± 0.3 | 0.786 | 0.303 | 0.953 |
| MCS-12 | 17.1 ± 0.4 | 17.1 ± 0.4 | 0.692 | 17.8 ± 0.5 | 16.5 ± 0.4 | 0.022 ^ | 0.750 | 0.034 * |
| FES-I | 12.1 ± 1.6 | 14.1 ± 1.8 | 0.750 | 13.9 ± 1.1 | 13.3 ± 1.4 | 0.898 | 0.425 | 0.312 |
| Gait Speed [m/s] | 1.6 ± 0.8 | 1.7 ± 0.9 | 0.140 | 1.8 ± 0.7 | 1.8 ± 0.1 | 0.472 | 0.623 | 0.350 |
CG = control group; TG = technological group; T0 = baseline; T1 = end of the treatment; BI = Barthel index, POMA gait = Tinetti’s performance oriented mobility assessment-gait part; POMA balance = Tinetti’s performance oriented mobility assessment-balance part, SF-12 = SF-12 health survey; SF-12-Tot = SF-12 health survey total score; PCS-12 = SF-12 physical component score; MCS-12 = SF-12 mental component score; FES-I = falls efficacy scale—international; * p-values Student’s t test; ^ p-values from matched-pairs Student’s t test.