| Study |
Outcome Measure |
Treatment Group |
Control Group |
| Baum 2003 |
Physical performance test at 6 month. Mean = baseline score + change score. SD was not reported. |
9.2 |
8.1 |
| Buchner 1997 |
mean change in number of independent IADL's |
mean 0.1 (SD 0.7) |
mean 0.2 (SD 0.7) |
| Donald 2000 |
Barthel Index (actual data not in paper) |
no significant difference |
|
| Fiatarone 1994 |
ankle activity monitors (counts/day) |
mean change 3412 (SD 1700) |
mean change ‐1230 (SD 1670) |
| Fiatarone 1997 |
overall self‐reported activity level (measure not specified) |
significant improvement (p<0.05) in exercise group |
NR |
| Fielding 2002 |
SF‐36‐PF |
No significant differences between high intensity and low intensity groups |
|
| Jette 1996 |
SF‐36 ‐ PF (actual data not reported) |
no significant difference between groups (data not reported) |
|
| Kongsgaard 2004 |
three ADLs of a questionnaire developed by the Danish Institute of Clinical Epidemiology |
Actual data not reported. The author stated that the self‐reported ADL level was significantly higher in the Ex group than in the control group |
|
| Krebs 2007 |
SF‐36. 7 people (2 in PRT, 5 in Functional training) reported improvement in the SF‐36 items |
|
|
| Maiorana 1997 |
Physical Activity Questionnaire (no reference) self report |
mean 209.8 (SD 142.9) kJ/kg |
mean 250.1 (SD 225) kJ/kg |
| Maurer 1999 |
SF‐36 PF (no SD/SE reported) |
mean 50.3 |
mean 49.2 |
| Maurer 1999 |
WOMAC section C (no SD/SE reported) |
464.4 |
606.6 |
| Maurer 1999 |
Aims Mobility (no SD/SE reported) |
1.28 |
1.21 |
| McMurdo 1995 |
Barthel Index (medians reported) |
median change 0 (range ‐1 to 2) |
median change control 0 (range ‐1 to 1) |
| Mihalko 1996 |
adapted version of Lawton and Brody's IADL scale (higher = better, not pooled because study was cluster randomised) |
mean 105 (SD 12) |
mean 68 (SD 25) |
| Mikesky 2006 |
SF‐36 physical function at 30 month (the intervention was 1 ‐ year) |
n =81, mean = 65.37 (SD = 25.05) |
n = 79, mean = 63.88 (SD = 25.48) |
| Nichols 1993 |
Blair Seven‐day recall Caloric Expenditure (KCalories) |
not significantly altered |
not significantly altered |
| Schilke 1996 |
AIMS mobility score (actual data not reported) |
"no significant differences between or within groups" |
|
| Singh 1997 |
IADL (Lawton Brody Scale) |
mean 23.4 (SD 0.4) |
mean 23.9 (SD 0.1) |
| Skelton 1996 |
Human Activity Profile ‐ (only reported training groups % change and the P‐value of the change) |
3.9% change3.9% change |
NR |
| Skelton 1996 |
Human Activity Profile ‐ Max Activity Score |
0% change |
NR |
| Skelton 1995 |
Human Activity Profile |
no difference from baseline |
no difference from baseline |
| Thielman 2004 |
Rivermead Motor Assessment |
Significant improvement was found for people in the control group with low‐level function |
|
| Tyni‐Lenne 2001 |
Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (lower score = better QOL, medians reported) |
median 19 (range 0‐61) |
median 44 (range 3‐103) |
