An Ancient Boxing Exercise Improves Physical Functions, Balance, and Quality of Life in Healthy Elderly Persons

Table 2

Physical performance and quality of life scores of subjects in the control and ancient boxing groups at week 0 and at the end of the study (n = 28) in each group.

Variable	Groups	Week 0	Week	p-value	p-value
6MWT (m)	Control	449.5 ± 25.7	415.8 ± 25.1	0.038	0.027
	Experimental	462.2 ± 48.5	480.3 ± 49.7	0.031
FTSST (sec)	Control	11.2 ± 2.6	12.2 ± 2.9	0.044	0.024
	Experimental	10.6 ± 3.0	9.3 ± 2.0	0.036
Flexibility (cm)	Control	12.2 ± 4.7	11.2 ± 4.6	0.046	0.019
	Experimental	15.0 ± 6.3	16.3 ± 6.3	0.036
TUGT (sec)	Control	8.2 ± 2.1	8.7 ± 2.1	0.042	0.029
	Experimental	9.0 ± 1.7	7.5 ± 1.1	0.037
BBS (scales)	Control	53.3 ± 1.8	51.2 ± 2.5	0.043	0.046
	Experimental	52.1 ± 5.1	54.9 ± 1.5	0.042

Note: Values are mean ± standard deviation; significantly difference from corresponding at week 0 (p < 0.05); significantly difference from control group, 6MWT: six-minute walk test; FTSST: Five times sit to stand test; TUGT: Time up and go test; BBS: Berg balance scale; a: between week 0 and ; b: between groups.