Research Article

Physical Therapy for Gait, Balance, and Cognition in Individuals with Cognitive Impairment: A Retrospective Analysis

Table 3

Pre- and posttest scores across the assessment battery for individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease with Wilcoxon signed-rank value and Benjamini-Hochberg adjusted value.

Pre-mean
(mean rank)
Post-mean
(mean rank)
Effect size (power) valueAdjusted value% improved beyond MDC (MCID)

MoCA (scale points)53 (12.0) (21.1)0.395 (80.6%).005.00920.8% (30.2%)
MBT (scale points)56 (5.0) (19.8)0.842 (100%)<.001.00330.4% (30.4%)
5STS (seconds)61 (23.93) (24.23)0.325 (70.5%).002.00527.9% (16.4%)
TUG (seconds)64 (30.22) (20.18)0.200 (35.1%).001.00314.1% (-)
TUGcog (seconds)58 (25.0) (20.1)0.120 (14.6%).077.08719.0% (-)
PGS (meters/second)64 (23.7) (26.36)0.152 (32.9%).025.03226.6% (39.1%)
FGS (meters/second)62 (20.2) (24.4)0.225 (54.3%).091.09116.1% (-)
6MWT (meters)39 (9.1) (16.4)0.509 (93.0%).001.00346.2% (46.2%)
FFABQmod (scale points)51 (16.2) (12.4)0.347 (78.8%).022.0327.8% (-)