Table 2. Outcome measures pre- and post-treatment in the ET and UC group.
| ET | UC | ET vs UC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Pre-treatment | Post-treatment | n | Pre-treatment | Post-treatment | Mean difference in change scores (95% CI) | |
| Muscle endurance and strength | |||||||
| Fatigue resistance (% remaining torque), mean (SD) | 3 | 46.3 (2.5) | 53.7 (6.5) | 4 | 40.3 (2.8) | 46.0 (5.9) | 1.6 (-10.6 to 13.7) |
| MVT strongest leg (Nm), mean (SD) | 16 | 100.3 (41.6) | 105.1 (39.1) | 20 | 81.9 (52.8) | 84.6 (20.3) | 2.0 (-10.2 to 14.2) |
| MVT weakest leg (Nm), mean (SD) | 11 | 76.3 (40.7) | 79.3 (45.0) | 14 | 62.7 (35.7) | 65.0 (34.7) | 0.7 (-15.0 to 16.5) |
| Cardiorespiratory fitness | |||||||
| Submaximal HR (bpm), mean (SD) | 18 | 121.0 (14.1) | 119.0 (12.0) | 21 | 119.1 (19.1) | 117.3 (19.4) | -0.3 (-7.8 to 7.2) |
| Resting HR (bpm), mean (SD) | 18 | 74.2 (8.0) | 77.1 (13.2) | 21 | 73.0 (11.3) | 74.5 (11.5) | 1.4 (-4.5 to 7.3) |
| AT (mL/min/kg), mean (SD) | 13 | 15.5 (4.4) | 16.3 (4.3) | 11 | 15.4 (2.4) | 14.5 (2.4) | 1.7 (-1.6 to 4.9) |
| Submaximal VO2 (mL/min/kg), mean (SD) | 19 | 17.1 (4.6) | 17.0 (4.7) | 21 | 15.7 (4.5) | 15.6 (4.9) | 0.1 (-1.0 to 1.2) |
| Submaximal RER (ratio), mean (SD) | 19 | 0.94 (0.09) | 0.94 (0.06) | 21 | 0.95 (0.08) | 0.97 (0.08) | -0.02 (-0.06 to 0.02) |
| Submaximal RPE (6 to 20), mean (SD) | 19 | 13.5 (2.0) | 12.9 (2.0) | 21 | 13.5 (2.4) | 13.0 (2.1) | -0.1 (-1.5 to 1.3) |
Abbreviations: ET, exercise therapy; UC, usual care; CI, confidence interval; MVT, maximal voluntary torque; HR, heart rate; AT, anaerobic threshold; VO2, oxygen consumption; RER, respiratory exchange ratio; RPE, rating of perceived exertion.