Baseline demographic information (mean ± SD) for participants in the Exercise Group and Control Group.
ADVERSE EVENTS
*indicates statistically significant difference as analysed using unpaired t-tests (All the women in the Exercise Group completed the SSG training, no participant became unwell during any of the SSG training sessions and no adverse events were recorded. SSG has been developed as an exercise that is especially suited to being performed by older adults. Without any exception the participants enjoyed performing the gentle, rhythmic, non-strenuous, non-competitive, physical activity together and with no need to over reach, risk take or put undue pressure on themselves to perform. Furthermore, as described above, a health check had been performed with a doctor present for all participants at the start of the training and on each occasion that the group met a sizable team was in attendance to check and ensure that, participants always remained comfortable to take it easy or take a rest. There were also no drop-outs in the Control Group. All subjects completed all assessments and therefore a complete dataset could be analyzed referring to a total of 56 participants.