From: A foot-care program to facilitate self-care by the elderly: a non-randomized intervention study
Function | Intervention group (n = 11) | Baseline time mean ± standard deviation | Baseline group comparison p value1 | After 6 months mean ± standard deviation | Comparison between groups after 6 months p value1 | Comparison between baseline and after 6 months based on group p value |
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Control group (n = 10) | ||||||
Left grip strength (kg) | Intervention group | 21.3 ± 4.1 | 0.281 | 21.5 ± 3.8 | 0.521 | 0.562 |
Control group | 19.3 ± 3.8 | 20.5 ± 3.0 | 0.072 | |||
Right grip strength (kg) | Intervention group | 21.6 ± 3.5 | 0.331 | 21.4 ± 4.4 | 0.701 | 0.802 |
Control group | 20.3 ± 2.7 | 20.8 ± 3.4 | 0.422 | |||
Grip between left foot toes (kg) | Intervention group | 2.6 ± 0.7 | 0.731 | 2.2 ± 0.8 | 0.611 | 0.03*2 |
Control group | 2.7 ± 0.8 | 2.3 ± 0.6 | 0.03*2 | |||
Grip between right foot toes (kg) | Intervention group | 2.8 ± 0.5 | 0.861 | 2.7 ± 0.7 | 0.281 | 0.752 |
Control group | 2.7 ± 0.8 | 2.4 ± 0.5 | 0.082 | |||
FRT age ratio (%) | Intervention group | 104.0 ± 11.2 | 0.673 | 104.5 ± 9.8 | 0.901 | 0.184 |
Control group | 101.1 ± 20.1 | 105.5 ± 22.1 | 0.342 | |||
14-m 10 walk (s) | Intervention group | 6.9 ± 0.9 | 0.421 | 7.2 ± 1.1 | 0.411 | 0.232 |
Control group | 7.2 ± 0.8 | 7.6 ± 1.1 | 0.142 |