Table 4.
Baseline and Post-Intervention Outcome Measures
| TR |
UC |
p-value between groups, p<0.05 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome and first author | Pre- intervention, mean (SD) |
Post- intervention, mean (SD) |
Pre- intervention, mean (SD) |
Post- intervention, mean (SD) |
|
| VO2 peak (ml/kg/min) | |||||
| Ades30 | 19.2 (5.5) | 22.7* (7.3) | 21.2 (5.6) | 26.1* (8.3) | NS |
| Piotrowicz33 | 17.8 (4.1) | 19.7* (5.2) | 17.9 (4.4) | 19.0* (4.6) | NS |
| Kraal19 | 22.8 (4.2) | 26.0* (5.9) | 23.7 (6.4) | 26.1* (7.6) | NS |
| Peak workload (W or MET) | |||||
| Ades30 | 106 W (36) | 131 W* (40) | 131 W (34) | 159 W* (32) | NS |
| Giallauria25 | 100 W (24.5) | 123 W* (20.7) | 94 W (16.4) | 112 W (22.4)* | 0.01 |
| Koreniowska-Kubacka22 | 8.5 METs (1.8) | 9.9 METs* ( 2.2) | 7.3 METs (1.4) | 7.8 METs* ( 1.2) | NS |
| Kraal19 | 181.1 W (49) | 200.2 W* (53.3) | 179.6 W (53.9) | 202.4 W* (68.2) | NS |
| Energy expenditure (kcal/week) | |||||
| Dalleck31 | 307 (359) | 1,225 (664) | 209 (307) | 1,181* (676) | Not reported |
| 6MWT distance (m) | |||||
| Paneroni32 | 380 (86) | 414.2 (50.8) | 397 (57) | 430.6 (39.2) | NS |
| Piotrowicz33 | 418 (92) | 462* (91) | 398 (91) | 462* (92) | 0.05 |
| Varnfield34 | 520 (78) | 570* (80) | 527 (86) | 584* (99) | NS |
| Exercise duration (min) | |||||
| Giallauria25 | 5.8 (2.1) | 7.6* (2.5) | 3.6 (1.2) | 4.6* (2.2) | 0.01 |
| Piotrowicz33 | 6.8 (2.3) | 8.0* (2.7) | 7.1 (2.3) | 8.0* (2.3) | NS |
| Koreniowska-Kubacka22 | 10.9 (3.6) | 12.5* (4.1) | 10.1 (2.0) | 13.5* (1.4) | NS |
*
Statistically significant difference between pre- and post-intervention (p<0.05).
TR=telerehabilitation; UC=usual care; VO2 peak=peak oxygen consumption; NS=not statistically significant; MET=metabolic equivalent of task; 6MWT=six-minute walk test.