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Variable
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Before
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6 months
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12 months
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EDU (N = 112)
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Sit and reach (cm)
|
17.5 ± 0.8†
|
17.3 ± 0.9†
|
17.9 ± 0.9†
|
|
Up and down stairs (sec)
|
30.3 ± 2.3
|
24.3 ± 2.4*†
|
24.4 ± 1.6*†
|
|
TUGT (sec)
|
16.4 ± 0.7
|
11.5 ± 0.5**
|
10.4 ± 0.7**†
|
|
FTSST (sec)
|
25.3 ± 1.3
|
17.1 ± 0.9***††
|
18.4 ± 1.1***††
|
|
CON (N = 127)
|
Sit and reach (cm)
|
12.0 ± 0.7
|
11.9 ± 0.8
|
13.2 ± 1.0
|
|
Up and down stairs (sec)
|
34.5 ± 1.2
|
30.2 ± 1.3*
|
32.2 ± 1.9
|
|
TUGT (sec)
|
12.4 ± 0.4
|
12.5 ± 0.4
|
12.6 ± 0.5
|
|
FTSST (sec)
|
27.6 ± 1.3
|
24.9 ± 1.0
|
22.8 ± 1.4
|
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CON control group, EDU educational program group, FTSST five times sit-to-stand test, TUGT timed up and go test. Asterisk denotes significant difference from before follow-up in the same group (*: P < 0.05; **: P < 0.01; ***: P < 0.001). Dagger denotes significant difference from control group during the same period (†: P < 0.05; ††: P < 0.01)
