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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