Table 2.

Strength Training by Gender, Age, and Type of Transplantation

	Exercisea		Resistance Bandsb
Variable	Yes	No	Yes	No
Gender
Male (n = 7)	4	3	6	1
Female (n = 3)	2	1	1	2
Age
Younger than 50 years (n = 1)	1	–	–	1
50–69 years (n = 5)	3	2	4	1
70 years or older (n = 4)	2	2	3	1
Type of transplantation
Autologous (n = 7)	4	3	6	1
Allogeneic (n = 3)	2	1	1	2

^aAt least twice a week for three weeks

^bPatients progressed to using elastic resistance bands.