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Table 3 Between-group intervention effects

From: The effect of sensor-based exercise at home on functional performance associated with fall risk in older people – a comparison of two exergame interventions

  KIN (IG 1) SMT (IG 2) Control    
  Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post p-value p-value p-value
  Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) IG1-IG2 IG1-CG IG2-CG
PPA score 1.1 (0.8) 0.9 (1.1) 2.0 (0.9) 1.5 (0.8) 1.8 (1.1) 1.6 (0.9) .866 .057 .036
Contrast sensitivity scoreb 21.6 (1.9) 23.0 (1.1) 20.8 (2.2) 21.4 (1.6) 21.0 (2.6) 21.9 (2.0) .003 .010 .462
Proprioception (degree)a 1.8 (1.1) 1.8 (1.3) 2.9 (1.7) 2.0 (1.3) 2.6 (1.6) 2.5 (1.6) .486 .192 .015
Knee extension strength (kg)b 20.8 (9.4) 26.2 (10.3) 24.2 (10.3) 25.8 (9.2) 21.9 (8.6) 23.8 (9.1) .131 .032 .578
Standing balance (mm)a 261 (124) 263 (159) 377 (152) 332 (131) 379 (188) 337 (189) .481 .431 .967
Finger-press reaction time (ms) 240 (45) 239 (49) 259 (45) 238 (40) 247 (45) 247 (41) .057 .611 .003
Timed up & go (s)a 11.5 (3.5) 11.1 (3.3) 11.5 (3.1) 11.5 (2.6) 12.4 (3.7) 12.6 (4.4) .298 .190 .848
Sit-to-stand transfer (s)a 13.6 (4.8) 12.1 (3.7) 13.1 (3.8) 11.4 (2.7) 14.4 (4.9) 13.3 (3.8) .370 .197 .011
ANT alert (ms)b 34 (32) 45 (36) 34 (35) 35 (33) 39 (33) 37 (38) .285 .243 .990
ANT orient (ms)b 40 (43) 47 (47) 60 (43) 57 (38) 44 (45) 57 (40) .886 .375 .418
ANT conflict (ms)a 118 (67) 111 (46) 154 (120) 103 (41) 137 (74) 111 (46) .196 .267 .720
Stroop time (s) 68.3 (32.3) 62.5 (28.3) 65.0 (28.4) 26.8 (21.0) 75.5 (38.0) 47.1 (33.1) <.001 <.001 .001
Stroop errorsa 4.5 (3.4) 3.9 (3.8) 6.1 (4.0) 4.7 (4.2) 6.2 (5.4) 5.6 (5.0) .516 .437 .085
Stroop efficiency 2.0 (0.5) 1.9 (0.7) 2.2 (0.8) 1.9 (0.7) 2.4 (1.0) 2.2 (0.8) .298 .589 .054
Digit span backwardsab 6.8 (2.6) 6.5 (2.6) 5.1 (1.0) 5.2 (1.0) 5.3 (1.4) 5.3 (1.4) .634 .263 .473
  1. aLog transformed
  2. bHigher values indicate better performance IG inervention group, CG, control group, KIN Microsoft-Kinect®, SMT step-mat-training, PPA Physiological Profile Assessment, ANT Attentional Network Test, CW colour-word, C colour
  3. Note: Significant p-values in bold, p-values between .1 and .05 in italics