Visual biofeedback training reduces quantitative drugs index scores associated with fall risk

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Table 1 Comparison of participant parameters, reported falls, mental status and fall risk scores for both treadmill only participants and gait training +VFB participants

Variable	Pre-treatment scores		Post-treatment scores		p value
Variable	Treadmill only	Gait training +VFB	Treadmill only	Gait training +VFB	p value
Age	75.6 ± 1.56	78.4 ± 1.19			0.15
BMI	27.2 ± 1.14	27.1 ± 1.34			0.94
MMSE	28.4 ± 0.28	28.4 ± 0.29			0.92
Falls	1.55 ± 0.71	1.14 ± 0.25			0.59
ABC scale	78.4 ± 3.58	75.0 ± 3.03	79.4 ± 4.09	75.0 ± 3.46	0.75

The sample size was N = 20 in the treadmill only group and N = 28 in the treadmill plus visual feedback (+VFB) group. One participant was lost for body mass index (BMI) calculation in the treadmill only group (N = 19), as weight was not recorded for the participant. Falls were the number of reported falls by participants within the previous 12 months. Two group T-test were conducted on the variables: age, body mass index (BMI), mini-mental status exam (MMSE) and reported falls in the previous 12 months. A 2-WAY repeated measures analysis of variance was conducted on the variable activity specific balance confidence (ABC) scale

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