Clinical Study
The Effect of Community Exercise Interventions for People with MS Who Use Bilateral Support for Gait
Table 2
Baseline comparisons between groups.
| | | Group physiotherapy
| Individual physiotherapy
| Yoga
| Control
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| | Age in years (SIQR) | 57 (10) | 52 (11) | 58 (8) | 49 (6) | 0.029b | | Gender | | | | | | | Male/female () | 18/30 | 15/20 | 5/8 | 2/13 | 0.247c | | GNDS mobility section score | | | | | | | 3 (%) | 28 (58) | 21 (60) | 9 (69) | 5 (33.3) | 0.256c | | 4 (%) | 17 (35) | 13 (37) | 4 (30) | 10 (66.7) | | Type of MS | | | | | | | RRMS () | 13 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0.152c
| | SPMS () | 20 | 16 | 5 | 5 | | PPMS () | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | | Unknown () | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | | Time since diagnosis (years) | 18 (9) | 13 (8) | 15 (8) | 10 (3) | 0.002a | | Time since onset of symptoms (years) | 22 (11) | 20 (13) | 21 (14) | 15 (7) | 0.233a | | MSIS-29v2 physical component | 50.5 (±9) | 53.9 (±11.3) | 48 (±10) | 55 (±9) | 0.107a | | MSIS-29v2 psychological component | 18 (5.5) | 18 (5) | 15 (3) | 16.5 (3.25) | 0.293 | | MFIS | 40.7 (±16) | 46.7 (±14) | 30.4 (±17) | 47 (±15) | 0.034
a | | BBS | 28.5 (±9) | 30 (±11.5) | 22 (±13) | 18 (±6) | 0.391a | | 6MWT (m) | 105.5 (56) | 89 (63) | 66 (57) | 79 (49) | 0.103a |
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SIQR: semi-interquartile range, GNDS: Guys Neurological Disability Scale, RR: relapsing remitting, SP: secondary progressive, PP: primary progressive, MSIS: multiple sclerosis impact scale, MFIS: modified fatigue impact scale, BBS: berg balance scale, 6MWT: six-minute walk test, a = one way ANOVA, b = Kruskal Wallis test, c = Chi Squared test.
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