t1 (baseline) | t2 (4 weeks) | t3 (8weeks) | t4 (follow-up) | F(p) or Q(p) | Significant post-hoc (p) | Effect size f or W | |
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Intervention (STEP) n = 11 | |||||||
TUG (s) | 52.6±31 | 42.7±23 | 34.9±22 | 26.8±23 | F=7.583(<0.001) | t1–t4 (<0.001), t1–t3 (0.020), t2–t4 (0.034) | f=0.87 (large) |
6MWT (m) | 105.4±88 | 137.0±83 | 157.7±111 | 134.9±87 | F=6.255(0.002) | t1–t3 (0.001) | f=0.79 (large) |
6mWT (s) | 13.7[11.2–25.0] | 14.0[9.6–24.0] | 16.3[11.3–21.0] | 18.1[12.0–22.9] | Q=0.491(0.921) | – | W=0.01 (negligible) |
Tinetti (/28) | 20[18–21] | 19[18–24] | 21[16–24] | 17[11–20] | Q=13.690(0.003) | t3–t4 (0.009) | W=0.41 (large) |
BBS (/56) | 29[21–32] | 28[19–31] | 33[22–39] | 21[14–28] | Q=20.611(<0.001) | t3–t4 (<0.001), t2–t3 (0.005), t1–t3 (0.041) | W=0.62 (large) |
MMT (/20) | 11[9–14] | 12[11–13] | 15[11–16] | 13[10–16] | Q=12.949(0.005) | t2–t3 (0.012), t1–t3 (0.026) | W=0.39 (moderate) |
Usual physiotherapy care (CTRL) n=11 | |||||||
TUG (s) | 46.2±22 | 47.7±19 | 46.5±19 | 47.1±15 | F=0.200(0.896) | – | f=0.14 (small) |
6MWT (m) | 112.6±56 | 115.8±38 | 115.7±54 | 114.8±44 | F=0.152(0.928) | – | f=0.12 (small) |
6mWT (s) | 15.1[12.1–26.5] | 16.9[12.7–24.5] | 19.3[16.2–24.5] | 18.1[14.9–26.5] | Q=7.691(0.053) | – | W=0.23 (small) |
Tinetti (/28) | 18[16–25] | 19[18–24] | 19[16–23] | 19[15–24] | Q=6.000(0.112) | – | W=0.18 (small) |
BBS (/56) | 28[20–32] | 29[22–31] | 29[20–33] | 28[21–33] | Q=3.487(0.322) | – | W=0.10 (small) |
MMT (/20) | 11[9–12] | 10[9–12] | 11[9–13] | 11[9–13] | Q=3.792(0.285) | – | W=0.11 (small) |