Balance as an Additional Effect of Strength and Flexibility Aquatic Training in Sedentary Lifestyle Elderly Women
Table 2
Functional balance before and after intervention.
Variable
AG
CG
Confidence interval
Pre-intervention
Post-intervention
Difference
Pre-intervention
Post-intervention
Difference
Intergroup
Effect size
Lower limit
Upper limit
POMA score
36.8 ± 1.1
38.1 ± 0.7
1.3 ± 0.8a
36.7 ± 0.9
36.6 ± 0.8
0.1 ± 0.6
<0.001
−1.99
−1.06
−2.94
BBS score
53.4 ± 1.8
54.9 ± 1.2
1.4 ± 1.0a
53.3 ± 1.2
53.1 ± 1.5
0.2 ± 0.5
<0.001
−1.33
−2.17
−0.48
: number of participants, mean ± standard deviation, a: statistically significant difference between pre- and post-intervention periods. Effect size used Cohen test.