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Table 1 Participants' demographics and baseline measures

From: A randomised controlled trial investigating motor skill training as a function of attentional focus in old age

 

Internal focus (n = 14)

External focus (n = 12)

p

Age (years), mean ± SD (n = 26), [range]

80.1 ± 5.4 [72–92]

81.9 ± 6.8 [71–98]

0.46

Gender F/M (n = 26)

10/4

11/1

0.33†††

Height (m), mean ± SD (n = 26)

1.62 ± 0.07

1.60 ± 0.07

0.50

Mass (kg), mean ± SD (n = 26)

67.9 ± 9

65.5 ± 16.5

0.27

Medication (number/day), mean ± SD

6.5 ± 4.3

4.6 ± 3.3

0.30

Mini Mental Status Examination, mean ± SD

28.5 ± 0.6

28.2 ± 0.7

0.08

FES-I, mean ± SD

21.8 ± 4.6

23.9 ± 7.8

0.78††

5 chair rises test (s), mean ± SD

16.1 ± 2.9

18.1 ± 4.4

0.28††

ETGUG (s), mean ± SD

29 ± 13.2

37.7 ± 22

0.22††

  1. t-test; ††Mann-Whitney U-test; †††Chi-squared test.