Clinical Study
The Effect of Community Exercise Interventions for People with MS Who Use Bilateral Support for Gait
Table 3
Descriptive statistics for study outcome measures.
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| Individual physiotherapy
| Yoga
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| | MSIS-29v2 physical component | | | | | | Premean (SD) | 50.5 (9.5) | 54 (11.5) | 48.3 (10.5) | 55.3(9.5) | | Postmean (SD) | 45.9 (10.5) | 49.4 (12) | 49.6 (11.6) | 50.5 (11.3) | | Mean Difference | −4.54 | −4.52 | 1.3 | −4.8 | | (95% CI) | (−7.5, −1.5) | (−7.9, −1.1) | (−4.7, 7.3) | (−10.4, −0.6) | | value (within group)a | 0.004* | 0.012* | 0.645 | 0.08 | | MSIS-29v2 psychological component | | | | | | Premedian (SIQR) | 18 (5.5) | 18 (5.38) | 14 (2.2) | 17 (4) | | Postmedian (SIQR) | 15 (5.7) | 17 (4.8) | 15 (4) | 15 (4.5) | | Median difference | −3 | −1 | 1 | 2 | | value (within group)b | 0.005* | 0.057 | 0.281 | 0.507 | | MFIS (total score) | | | | | | Premean (SD) | 40.7 (16.2) | 46.6 (14.8) | 30.4 (17.1) | 49 (15.5) | | Postmean (SD) | 35.6 (15.6) | 39.5 (13.7) | 32.5 (19.5) | 42.6 (17.1) | | Mean difference | −5.1 | −7.4 | 2.15 | −6.4 | | (95% CI) | ( −9.1, −1.2) | (−11.6, −3.2) |
(−2.9, 7.2) | (−13.1, 0.4) | | value (within group)a | 0.011* | 0.001* | 0.374 | 0.062 | | BBS | | | | | | Premean (SD) | 28.8 (9.5) | 30.4 (11.6) | 22.6 (12.6) | 24.9 (11.6) | | Postmean (SD) | 34.5 (9.8) | 34.2 (9.8) | 27.9 (11.5) | 21.8 (11.9) | | Mean difference | 5.7 | 3.7 | 5.3 | −3.1 | | (95% CI) | (−3.6, 7.8) | (−1, 6.3) | (−3.1, 7.5) | (−2.8, 9.0) | | value (within group)a | <0.0001* | 0.008* | <0.0001* | 0.258 | | 6-minute walk test (m) | | | | | | Premedian (SIQR) | 101 (39.5) | 83.8 (39.8) | 70 (30) | 83.5 (44) | | Postmedian (SIQR) | 121.2 (47.4) | 100 (55) | 45 (54.5) | 90 (35) | | Median difference | 20.2 | 16.2 | −25 | 6.5 | | value (within group)b | 0.08 | 0.002* | 0.553 | 0.363 |
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SD: standard deviation, SIQR: semi-interquartile range, MSIS: multiple sclerosis impact scale, MFIS: modified fatigue impact scale, BBS: berg balance scale, *statistically significant at α = 0.05, apaired samples -test, bWilcoxon signed rank test.
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