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Table 4 Long term effects on preferred gait speed

From: What type, or combination of exercise can improve preferred gait speed in older adults? A meta-analysis

Study

 

Baseline

Post-intervention

+3-months follow up

+6-month follow up

+12- months follow up

 

N

m/s (SD)

N

m/s (SD)

N

m/s (SD)

N

m/s (SD)

N

m/s (SD)

Halvarsson (2013) [53]

Intervention

38

1.11 (0.23)

34

1.19 (0.17)

-

-

32

1.16 (0.19)

30

1.15 (0.24)

Control

21

1.09 (0.22)

21

1.10 (0.23)

-

-

20

1.08 (0.22)

18

1.02 (0.28)

Kim (2011) [42]

Intervention

31

1.10 (0.30)

30

1.10 (0.20)

30

1.20 (0.20)

-

-

-

-

Control

30

1.20 (0.20)

29

1.10 (0.20)

29

1.10 (0.30)

-

-

-

-

Gine-Garriga 2013

Intervention

26

0.82 (0.19)

22

0.94 (0.19)

-

-

18

0.88 (0.19)

-

-

Control

25

0.82 (0.17)

19

0.80 (0.17)

-

-

7

0.81 (0.17)

-

-

Freiberger (2012) [32]

Intervention SB

63

0.95 (0.22)

57

0.92 (0.22)

-

-

53

0.93 (0.22)

49

0.98 (0.20)

 

FG

64

0.98 (0.18)

57

1.00 (0.17)

-

-

54

0.97 (0.19)

48

1.03 (0.16)

 

MG

72

0.98 (0.20)

69

0.95 (0.20)

-

-

69

0.93 (0.20)

57

0.93 (0.19)

 

Control

78

0.95 (0.27)

70

0.97 (0.18)

-

-

64

0.93 (0.20)

51

0.95 (0.24)