Long-Term Effects of Balance Training on Habitual Physical Activity in Older Adults with Parkinson’s Disease
Table 2
Mean values of outcome variables for all four measurement periods for control and intervention groups, respectively.
Baseline
Postintervention
6-month follow-up
12-month follow-up
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Variables
Intervention n = 43
Control n = 40
Intervention n = 39
Control n = 35
Intervention n = 36
Control n = 31
Intervention n = 34
Control n = 32
TAC1
280835 (134637)
292475 (154621)
316068 (175388)
289886 (147570)
288230 (126578)
268606 (133582)
270882 (147830)
253270 (126725)
Brisk walking2
32 (26)
32 (28)
37 (33)
27 (25)
36 (31)
26 (25)
30 (30)
26 (21)
Bouts of brisk walking3
0.79 (0.92)
0.74 (1.08)
0.81 (1.06)
0.55 (0.80)
0.98 (1.06)
0.60 (0.93)
0.77 (1.09)
0.51 (0.80)
Sedentary4
77% (9%)
74% (9%)
74% (10%)
74% (7%)
76% (8%)
76% (8)
78% (9%)
75% (9%)
Sedentary bouts5
14 (3)
12 (3)
13 (4)
12 (3)
14 (3)
14 (3)
15 (4)
13 (3)
1Total activity counts per day. 2Minutes of activity corresponding to brisk walking per day (>1.0 m/s). 3Number of bouts of ≥10 minutes of activity corresponding to brisk walking per day. 4Percentage sedentary of total wear time per day. 5Number of bouts of ≥10 minutes of sedentary per day.