improvements after the MMP were less than or equal to the SEM
and SDD (Tables 1 and 2). Moreover, the 1.1 and 0.9 s improvements
for the OLB and TUG tests respectively observed in our study, were
similar to the minimal detectable change usually considered to be
between 1 and 2 s (Piva et al., 2004; Lim et al., 2005). Nevertheless,
the use of demagnetized magnets as placebo, as previously
described by Martel et al. (2002),