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Table 2 The results of the Modified Mini-Mental State (3MS) examination and the Trail-Making Test (TMT)

From: The effect of cognitive-motor dual-task training on cognitive function and plasma amyloid β peptide 42/40 ratio in healthy elderly persons: a randomized controlled trial

  

ST group

DT group

 

(Full marks)

Baseline

Post

Baseline

Post

3MS total scores

(100)

90.6 ± 2.2

93.0 ± 2.5*

89.3 ± 1.7

97.8 ± 0.5*

Registration & recall

(21)

20.0 ± 0.5

20.7 ± 0.2

18.8 ± 0.8

20.6 ± 0.3*

Long-term memory

(5)

5.0 ± 0.0

4.8 ± 0.2

4.9 ± 0.1

5.0 ± 0.0

Temporal & spatial orientation

(20)

18.8 ± 0.9

18.5 ± 1.1

18.4 ± 0.8

19.8 ± 0.3

Attention

(7)

5.7 ± 0.4

5.5 ± 0.5

5.1 ± 0.5

7.0 ± 0.0*,**

Verbal fluency & understanding

(21)

20.5 ± 0.1

20.4 ± 0.2

20.3 ± 0.3

21.0 ± 0.0*,**

Word retrieval

(10)

8.3 ± 0.6

9.5 ± 0.3*

9.6 ± 0.2

9.8 ± 0.1

Visuospatial skills

(10)

9.9 ± 0.1

9.7 ± 0.3

9.7 ± 0.1

10.0 ± 0.0*

Similarities

(6)

2.5 ± 0.5

3.5 ± 0.4*

2.6 ± 0.4

4.7 ± 0.3*,**

TMT (seconds)

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69.6 ± 10.9

78.0 ± 15.4

70.2 ± 4.8

71.0 ± 3.7

  1. All values are presented as mean ± SE
  2. *p < 0.05 within the group
  3. **p < 0.05 between the groups