Table 2 Results from baseline (T0), 3 months (T1) and 6 months (T2) for exercise and control group

Berg

T0

34.3 (14.4)

−1.5 (−3.1–0.2)

35.3 (13.7)

−2.2 * (−4.2--0.3)

1.0

T1

38.4 (36.8–40.1)

36.2 (34.7–37.6)

2.3

T2

37.0 (35.0–38.9)

33.9 (32.0–35.9)

3.0

0.031*

CST

T0

6.0 (3.1)

−0.4 (−0.9–0.3)

6.2 (2.9)

−0.3 (−1.1–0.3)

0.2

T1

7.1 (6.6–7.7)

6.5 (6.0–7.1)

0.6

T2

6.8 (6.2–7.4)

6.2 (5.4–6.9)

1.7

0.175

NWS

T0

0.5 (0.2)

−0.02 (−0.04–0.02)

0.5 (0.2)

−0.01 (−0.1–0.03)

0

T1

0.49 (0.46–0.51)

0.49 (0.44–0.54)

−0.001

T2

0.47 (0.44–0.51)

0.46 (0.43–0.5)

0.01

0.685

Barthel

T0

13.5 (3.5)

−0.6 (−1.3–0.1)

13.4 (3.6)

−0.8 (−1.6–0.03)

0.1

T1

13.7 (13.0–14.3)

12.9 (12.3–13.5)

0.8

T2

13.0 (12.3–13.8)

12.1 (11.2–12.9)

1.0

0.082

MMSE

T0

15.5 (0.6)

−1.0* (−1.9–0.2)

15.7 (4.9)

−1.4* (−2.4--0.5)

0.2

T1

15.4 (14.5–16.3)

15.3 (14.6–16.1)

0.1

T2

14.4 (13.5–15.2)

13.9 (12.9–14.9)

0.5

0.492

NPI sum

T0

6.1 (6.1)

0.03 (−1.3–1.3)

4.8 (4.6)

0.7 (−0.8–2.3)

1.3

T1

4.8 (3.7–5.8)

5.6 (4.1–7.1)

−0.9

T2

4.8 (3.8–5.8)

6.4 (5.1–7.7)

−1.6

0.059

Affective

T0

1.2 (1.5)

−0.04 (−03–02)

0.8 (1.3)

−0.1 (−0.3–0.4)

0.4

T1

0.9 (0.6–1.2)

1.0 (0.7–1.4)

−0.1

T2

0.9 (0.6–1.1)

1.1 (0.8–1.4)

−0.2

0.257

Agitation

T0

1.7 (2.1)

0.04 (−0.5–0.5)

1.3 (1.7)

0.2 (−0.3–0.8)

0.4

T1

1.3 (0.9–1.7)

1.8 (1.3–2.3)

−0.5

T2

1.4 (1.0–1.8)

2.0 (1.5–2.5)

−0.7

0.045*

Apathy

T0

0.6 (0.8)

0.08 (−0.03–0.3)

0.4 (0.7)

0.15 (−0.1–0.3)

0.2

T1

0.3 (0.2–0.4)

0.4 (0.2–0.6)

−0.1

T2

0.4 (0.3–0.6)

0.5 (0.3–0.7)

−0.1

0.688

QUALID

T0

18.4 (6.1)

−0.2 (−1.6–1.2)

17.7 (5.4)

1.1 (−0.2–2.6)

0.7

T1

18.1 (16.8–19.3)

17.7 (16.4–19.0)

0.4

T2

17.8 (16.7–19.0)

18.8 (17.3–20.2)

−0.9

0.326

Cornell Scala

T0

4.9 (4.8)

0.8 (−0.8–2.4)

4.9 (4.2)

1.4* (0.1–2.6)

0

T1

4.0 (2.6–5.4)

3.8 (2.8–4.7)

0.2

T2

4.8 (3.8–5.8)

5.1 (4.0–6.3)

−03

0.668