A Pilot Study of Partial Unweighted Treadmill Training in Mobility-Impaired Older Adults

Table 4

Change in functional measures over twelve weeks (𝑁=8).

	Baseline	Six weeks	Twelve weeks	𝑃 value*
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Usual gait speed (m/sec)	0.82±0.18	0.94±0.14	0.97±0.16	0.001
Rapid gait speed (m/sec)	1.17±0.17	1.30±0.21	1.33±0.27	0.01
POMA summary (0–28)	21.1±2.2	23.5±1.3	24.9±0.9	<0.001
Eight foot up and go (sec)	9.25±1.96	8.78±1.55	8.07±1.39	0.05
SF-36 Phys. func. (0–100)	50.6±18.0	55.0±15.8	52.9±18.2	0.59

SD: standard deviation; *for change over twelve weeks, controlling for baseline value of outcome variable and count of baseline diseases/symptoms.