Effects of two 24-week multimodal exercise programs on reaction time, mobility, and dual-task performance in community-dwelling older adults at risk of falling: a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Participant’s characteristics at baseline

	EG1 Prevalence or Mean ± SD	EG2 Prevalence or Mean ± SD	CG Prevalence or Mean ± SD	P-value
Age (years)	74.3 ± 5.4	74.7 ± 5.5	76.8 ± 5.8	0.407
Sex, female (%)	14 (87.5)	15 (93.8)	13 (68.4)	0.124
Educational level (years)	6.0 ± 2.6	6.1 ± 3.4	7.0 ± 5.3	0.997
MMSE (points)	27.7 ± 1.7	28.2 ± 1.7	28.5 ± 1.6	0.332
BMI (kg/m²)	29.1 ± 3.0	28.6 ± 4.3	28.1 ± 4.4	0.648
CPF (points)	21.5 ± 2.7	20.8 ± 2.2	21.5 ± 2.8	0.554
IPAQ (MET-min/week)	927.0 ± 557.9	953.4 ± 638.5	740.4 ± 520.9	0.611
Number of falls within the last six months (n)	1.13 ± 0.8	1.19 ± 1.0	1.11 ± 0.3	0.993

SD Standard deviation, EG1 Experimental group attending the psychomotor intervention program (n = 16), EG2 Experimental group attending the combined exercise program: psychomotor intervention program + WBV (n = 16), GC control group (n = 19), MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, BMI Body mass index, CPF Composite Physical Function, IPAQ International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Significant differences within groups, p ≤ 0.05

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