Monitoring physical functioning as the sixth vital sign: evaluating patient and practice engagement in chronic illness care in a primary care setting--a quasi-experimental design

Table 3 Results of Performance Measures by Group: Grip Strength, Walk Tests and Balance

Outcome Measure	Intervention Group		Control Group		F	P
	Baseline Mean (SD)	Follow-up	Baseline	Follow-up
Dominant hand grip strength	26.9 (12.4)	30.59 (11.29)	22.92 (11.82)	23.01 (11.49)	11.96	0.0008
Non-dominant hand grip strength	24.75 (12.7)	28.60 (11.98)	21.67 (11.05)	20.63 (10.40)	13.41	0.0004
Two-minute walk test	152.09 (40.62)	157.27 (39.12)	151.93 (36.29)	167.34 (28.79)	2.13	0.53
Eight foot walk test	2.29 (0.92)	2.35 (0.55)	2.32 (0.9)	2.43 (0.72)	0.39	0.53
Balance test	3.56(0.85)	3.759 (0.61)	3.5 (0.84)	3.83 (0.55)	0.40	0.53
TUG	--	9.66 (3.21)	--	9.69 (2.71)	0.01	0.94

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