Usual care (CTRL) n=11 | Side-stepping intervention (STEP) n=11 | t/U/\(\bf \chi ^2\) | p | |
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Sex (F/M) | 10F/1M | 9F/2M | \(\chi ^2\)=0.749 | 0.387 |
Age (years) | 84±7 | 86±8 | t=-0.652 | 0.522 |
Walking aid (y/n) | 8y/3n | 8y/3n | \(\chi ^2\)=0.234 | 0.629 |
Aid type (c,w,v) | 6w/2v | 1c/6w/2v | \(\chi ^2\)=9.472 | 0.149 |
Katz (A-D) | 10B/1Cd | 7B/4Cd | \(\chi ^2\)=0.088 | 0.766 |
EMS (/20) | 13[9–14] | 15[7–15] | U=42.0 | 0.233 |
FRAT (/20) | 15[12–17] | 13[11–17] | U=53.0 | 0.644 |
GUE (/4) | 1[1–2] | 0[0–2] | U=145.0 | 0.215 |
SWWT (y/n) | 9y/2n | 9y/2n | \(\chi ^2\)=0.076 | 0.782 |
TUG (s) | 46.2±22 | 52.6±31 | t=0.554 | 0.586 |
6MWT (m) | 112.5±56 | 105.4±88 | t=-0.225 | 0.824 |
6mWT (s) | 18.3±7 | 18.9±11 | t=0.143 | 0.888 |
Tinetti (/28) | 18[16–25] | 20[18–21] | U=52.5 | 0.618 |
BBS (/56) | 28[20–32] | 29[21–32] | U=60.0 | 1.000 |
MMT (/20) | 11[9–12] | 11[9–14] | U=56.5 | 0.816 |
MMSE<24 (N) | 3 | 8 | ||
High blood pressure* (N) | 2 | 8 | ||
Depression (N) | 2 | 4 | ||
Dizziness (N) | 1 | 0 | ||
Hypothyroidism (N) | 1 | 2 | ||
Hypercholesterolemia (N) | 2 | 2 | ||
Schizophrenia (N) | 0 | 1 | ||
Heart disease (N) | 1 | 1 | ||
Cancers (N) | 2 | 1 | ||
Asthma (N) | 1 | 0 | ||
Anemia (N) | 0 | 1 | ||
Deafness (N) | 0 | 1 | ||
Cardiac arrhythmia (N) | 0 | 1 | ||
Insomnia (N) | 0 | 1 | ||
Herpes infection (N) | 0 | 1 | ||
Visual impairment (N) | 1 | 1 |