Table 1 Group means and standard deviations for each primary measure at each timepoint for each group.

From: Integrated cognitive and physical fitness training enhances attention abilities in older adults

 

BBT

MBT

Young Adult

Primary Measures

   

cPT (tau) Assessment (msec)

   

Pre-Training

72.5 (39.7)

52.2 (31.2)

68.1 (29.4)

Post-Training

55.8 (19.0)a

58.7 (39.4)

 

1-Year

59.1 (17.4)

57.9 (30.4)

 

Secondary Measures

   

Working Memory Task, No Distractor Conditionb (tau)

   

Pre-Training

29.7 (14.1)

24.1 (10.0)

(n/a)

Post-Training

26.0 (12.0)

24.2 (12.0)

 

Exploratory Measures

   

Frontal Theta Power during CPT (dB)

   

Pre-Training

0.77 (1.85)

1.67 (2.27)

2.11 (1.43)

Post-Training

2.28 (2.68)a

1.30 (2.20)

 

1-Year

1.80 (2.25)

1.05 (1.11)

 

Filter (RTV) Assessment, Set Size 3 (msec)

   

Pre-Training

544.1 (229.3)

470.8 (138.9)

409.5 (162.5)

Post-Training

412.6 (148.9)a

459.2 (107.2)

 

1-Year

487.0 (297.7)

378.2 (123.0)c

 

Frontal Theta ITC during Filter (PLV)

   

Pre-Training

0.24 (0.09)

0.28 (0.09)

0.25 (0.06)

Post-Training

0.28 (0.11)

0.26 (0.09)

 

1-Year

0.23 (0.05)c

0.21 (0.08)c

 

Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

   

Pre-Training

78.72 (5.25)

76.23 (5.91)

(n/a)

Post-Training

73.00 (5.68)a

77.52 (6.32)

 

Limit of Stability Assessment (balance; m/s)

   

Pre-Training

3.88 (1.34)

4.29 (1.26)

(n/a)

Post-Training

4.59 (1.26)a

4.30 (0.99)

 

Basic Response Time (mean RT; msec)

   

Pre-Training

409.1 (83.3)

372.4 (63.3)

(n/a)

Post-Training

390.7 (74.2)

373.6 (79.0)

 
  1. No significant difference between groups observed at baseline (see Statistics for details).
  2. aPost-training performance significantly different than Pre-training performance (p = 0.08).
  3. bPerformance on No Distractor condition shown, with similar results observed (not reported) on the Attend Distractor and Ignore Distractor conditions.
  4. cPost-training performance significantly different than 1-Year performance.