Table 2.

Changes in physiological outcomes over 3- and 6-month intervention

Variable	C n = 17		3M n = 29		6M n = 68
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post
TM time (min ± SEM)	6.96 (0.5)	7.20 (0.6)	5.38 (0.5)	7.12 (0.5)*,#	5.22 (0.3)	6.85 (0.3)*,#
Pulmonary function
FVC (%pred ± SEM)	103.4 (5.3)	98.5 (4.9)	108.5 (3.2)	109.6 (3.2)	88.6 (1.8)	92.8 (2.1)*,#,^
FEV1 (%pred ± SEM)	92.2 (6.2)	92.8 (5.7)	100.9 (4.4)	104.2 (4.4)	83.6 (2.1)	89.2 (1.9)*
Muscular endurance
Leg Pr (reps ± SEM)	20 (13)	32 (2.7)*	16 (1.3)	22 (3.2)	14 (1.0)	25 (1.6)*
Bench Pr (reps ± SEM)	12 (9)	16 (1.9)	12 (0.9)	14 (1.1)	9 (0.6)	16 (0.8)*,^
Lat PD (reps ± SEM)	16 (8)	23 (2.9)*	15 (1.7)	20 (2.2)*	13 (.8)	21 (1.7)*
Sh Pr (reps ± SEM)	9 (5)	12 (1.5)	8 (0.7)	13 (2.0)	8 (0.5)	11 (0.4)
Crunches (reps ± SEM)	29 (17)	25 (4.1)	17 (1.1)	26 (4.5)*,#	20 (1.2)	27 (1.9)*,#

^*P < 0.05 pre versus post

^#P < 0.05 versus control group

^{^}P < 0.05 versus 3-month group