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Table 1 Characteristics of participants at baseline

From: Lower-extremity resistance training on unstable surfaces improves proxies of muscle strength, power and balance in healthy older adults: a randomised control trial

Characteristic

M-SRT (n = 27)

M-URT (n = 26)

F-URT (n = 22)

Baseline difference

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

p-value

Age (years)

71.3

4.1

70.0

4.4

69.8

4.3

.409

Body height (cm)

170.1

8.3

172.9

8.6

169.8

7.4

.408

Body mass (kg)

76.7

15.7

77.7

13.1

74.7

13.0

.756

Body mass index (kg/m2)

26.9

3.7

25.9

3.4

25.8

3.8

.952

Sex (f/m)

17/10

13 / 13

13 / 9

 

Physical activity (h/week)

9.3

4.7

10.5

8.4

9.8

5.0

.820

MMSE

28.4

1.3

28.5

1.1

27.9

1.4

.275

CDT

all participants were classified as non-pathological

GDS

1.2

0.2

0.7

0.2

1.1

0.2

.127

FAB_D

16.0

1.8

16.2

1.9

16.6

1.4

.550

  1. M-SRT machine based resistance training on stable surfaces; M-URT machine based resistance training on unstable surfaces; F-URT free-weight resistance training on unstable surfaces; M mean; SD standard deviation; f female; m male; MMSE Mini Mental State Examination; CDT Clock Drawing Test; GDS Geriatric Depression Scale; FAB_D Frontal Assessment Battery, German Version