Effects of Two Types of 9-Month Adapted Physical Activity Program on Muscle Mass, Muscle Strength, and Balance in Moderate Sarcopenic Older Women

Table 2

Static balance data expressed as median associated to the interquartile range. CE: closed eyes; OE: open eyes; n.s.: not significant.

	RESISTANCE training group			POSTURAL training group			RESISTANCE vs. POSTURAL
	T0	T1	p	T0	T1	p
Sway path (mm/s)
CE	16.78; 13.16,24.21]	15.44; 12.13, 20.59]	<0.001	19.57; 14.02, 24.96]	23.59; 15.82, 29.42]	<0.001	T0: n.s.; T1: p<0.01
OE	11.76; 9.27, 14.65]	9.75; 7.58, 11.76]	<0.001	12.13; 10.15, 13.68]	11.23; 10.16, 13.68]	n.s.	T0: n.s.; T1: p<0.05
Sway area (mm^2/s)
CE	40.64; 28.75, 59.39]	26.55; 16.85, 49.96]	<0.001	44.38; 20.04, 68.56]	52.25; 27.13, 76.98]	n.s.	T0: n.s.; T1: p<0.01
OE	19.36; 12.84, 32.15]	12.68; 9.14, 17.11]	<0.001	18.99; 11.58, 27.49]	17.74; 13.50, 24.89]	n.s.	T0: n.s.; T1: p<0.05
Stay time (s)
CE	0.65; 0.49, 0.73]	0.87; 0.59, 1.10]	<0.001	0.59; 0.43, 0.88]	0.48; 0.35, 0.69]	<0.05	T0: n.s.; T1: p<0.001
OE	1.11; 0.81, 1.31]	1.37; 1.01, 1.85]	<0.001	0.99; 0.87, 1.38]	1.09; 0.89, 1.35]	n.s.	T0: n.s.; T1: p<0.01
Spatial distance (mm)
CE	6.71; 4.51, 8.71]	4.65; 3.07, 6.97]	<0.001	6.19; 3.86, 9.41]	7.70; 4.79, 10.61]	<0.01	T0: n.s.; T1: p<0.01
OE	3.78; 2.55, 4.31]	2.61; 1.99, 3.41]	<0.001	3.28; 2.57, 4.33]	3.06; 2.74, 4.15]	n.s.	T0: n.s.; T1: p<0.05