Sensory-motor training targeting motor dysfunction and muscle weakness in long-term care elderly combined with motivational strategies: a single blind randomized controlled study

Rogan, Slavko; Radlinger, Lorenz; Baur, Heiner; Schmidtbleicher, Dietmar; de Bie, Rob A.; de Bruin, Eling D.

doi:10.1186/s11556-016-0164-0

European Review of Aging and Physical Activity

Table 5 Between group effects at BASE, 4 W and 8 W on SPPB, IMVC and IRFD

From: Sensory-motor training targeting motor dysfunction and muscle weakness in long-term care elderly combined with motivational strategies: a single blind randomized controlled study

	BASE	p/η²	4 W	p/η²	8 W	p/η²
SPPB (Score) (IG)	2.9 ± 1.7	0.16/0.07	5.6 ± 2.9	0.01*/0.21	7.13 ± 3.2	0.004*/0.26
SPPB (Score) (SG)	3.9 ± 1.5		3.4 ± 1.2	0.01*/0.21	3.7 ± 1.2	0.004*/0.26
IMVC right ex (N) (IG)	136.0 ± 58.4	0.62/0.01	138.4 ± 56.0	0.81/0.002	180.1 ± 71.2	0.10/0.09
IMVC right ex (N) (SG)	157.9 ± 75.7		134.4 ± 59.0	0.81/0.002	147.8 ± 62.8	0.10/0.09
IMVC left ex (N) (IG)	140.4 ± 89.3	0.97/0.001	163.1 ± 78.1	0.12/0.08	194.6 ± 90.2	0.04°/0.26
IMVC left ex (N) (SG)	132.5 ± 56.0		119.5 ± 54.0	0.12/0.08	126.1 ± 65.7	0.04°/0.26
IMVC right flex (N) (IG)	61.0 ± 29.0	0.88/0.001	74.4 ± 30.7	0.29/0.04	87.0 ± 38.5	0.08/0.11
IMVC right flex (N) (SG)	64.1 ± 31.0		67.0 ± 31.7	0.29/0.04	67.0 ± 31.2	0.08/0.11
IMVC left flex (N) (IG)	73.5 ± 42.6	0.37/0.03	79.0 ± 44.8	0.15/0.07	86.9 ± 36.8	0.03°/0.15
IMVC left flex (N) (SG)	60.3 ± 24.5		60.4 ± 25.3	0.15/0.07	64.4 ± 16.5	0.03°/0.15
IRFD right ex (N/ms) (IG)	0.46 ± 0.3	0.70/0.005	0.56 ± 0.3	0.02*/0.06	0.72 ± 0.4	0.004*/0.25
IRFD right ex (N/ms) (SG)	0.41 ± 0.3		0.40 ± 0.2	0.02*/0.06	0.39 ± 0.1	0.004*/0.25
IRFD left ex (N/ms) (IG)	0.48 ± 0.4	0.97/0.001	0.69 ± 0.5	0.02*/0.19	0.82 ± 0.5	0.001*/0.41
IRFD left ex (N/ms) (SG)	0.38 ± 0.3		0.34 ± 0.1	0.02*/0.19	0.29 ± 0.1	0.001*/0.41
IRFD right flex (N/ms) (IG)	0.13 ± 0.1	0.14/0.08	0.25 ± 0.1	0.01*/0.23	0.39 ± 1.5	<0.001*/0.64
IRFD right flex (N/ms) (SG)	0.19 ± 0.1		0.15 ± 0.1	0.01*/0.23	0.15 ± 0.1	<0.001*/0.64
IRFD left flex (N/ms) (IG)	0.17 ± 0.1	0.97/0.001	0.26 ± 0.2	0.02*/0.19	0.39 ± 0.2	<0.001*/0.42
IRFD left flex (N/ms) (SG)	0.15 ± 0.1		0.14 ± 0.1	0.02*/0.19	0.15 ± 0.1	<0.001*/0.42

IG: intervention group, SG: sham group, SPPB: Short Physical Performance Battery, IMVC: isometric maximal voluntary contraction, ex: extension, flex: flexion, N: Newton, IRFD: isometric rate of force development, N/ms: NewtoN/mseconds, °: significant difference between groups p < 0.05, *: siginificant difference between groups after Bonferroni correction p < 0.025, η²: effect size: η² = .01; small effect, η² = .06; moderate effect, η² = .14; large effect

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