An Ancient Boxing Exercise Improves Physical Functions, Balance, and Quality of Life in Healthy Elderly Persons
Table 3
Quality of life scores in overall and by domains of subjects in the control and ancient boxing group groups at week 0 and at the end of the study (n = 28) in each group.
Variables/domain
Groups
Week 0
Week
p-value
p-value
Overall
Control group
90.0 ± 7.0
87.1 ± 5.7
0.028
0.011
Ancient boxing group
89.8 ± 8.1
95.9 ± 8.3
0.017
Physical domain
Control group
22.7 ± 3.0
21.2 ± 2.3
0.041
0.018
Ancient boxing group
22.3 ± 2.4
25.6 ± 3.2
0.029
Psychological domain
Control group
23.0 ± 2.5
21.5 ± 2.1
0.042
0.048
Ancient boxing group
22.7 ± 1.9
24.8 ± 2.3
0.037
Social Relationships
Control group
12.8 ± 0.9
12.7 ± 0.8
0.451
0.204
Ancient boxing group
12.8 ± 0.9
13.0 ± 1.0
0.118
Environment
Control group
25.2 ± 2.5
25.0 ± 2.2
0.346
0.307
Ancient boxing group
25.7 ± 4.0
25.3 ± 3.8
0.241
Note: Values are mean ± standard deviation; a: between week 0 and ; b: between groups.
