Combined effects of functionally-oriented exercise regimens and nutritional supplementation on both the institutionalised and free-living frail elderly (double-blind, randomised clinical trial)

Table 7 Mobility – the within-group differences between post – and pre-intervention values

	Group I (n = 19) PRE+FOE+ nutritional supplement		Group II (n = 21) PRE+FOE +placebo		Group III (n = 19) SE+FOE + nutritional supplement		Group IV (n = 21) SE+FOE+placebo
	mean ± SD	p value	mean ± SD	p value	mean ± SD	p value	mean ± SD	p value
Tinetti Total score	0.36 ± 2.6	0.54	-1.15 ± 3.4	0.15	0.26 ± 2.2	0.61	1.61 ± 2.8	0.01
Tinetti Balance score	0.26 ± 1.6	0.50	-0.85 ± 2.3	0.12	0.0 ± 2.2	1.0	1.42 ± 1.9	0.003
Tinetti Gait score	0.05 ± 1.2	0.85	-0.35 ± 1.6	0.34	0.1 ± 1.0	0.66	0.19 ± 2.4	0.72
6 MW Test	20.7 ± 58.8	0.14	2.35 ± 55.2	0.85	36.4 ± 55.1	0.009	35.7 ± 58.9	0.01
Use walking aids	21%		20%		5%		5%

p value for test of interaction effect between the PRE and SE regimens. Bold font highlights all statistically significant results.

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