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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Head Neck. 2015 Oct 7;38(Suppl 1):E1086–E1096. doi: 10.1002/hed.24162

TABLE 2.

Mean (SE) change in assessment outcome at weeks 7 and 14.

Measure Mean (SE) change at 7 wks
Mean (SE) change at 14 wks
MPACT (n = 11) Control (n = 7) MPACT (n = 11) Control (n = 7)
Physical performance
 Knee extension strength, N-m 1 (11) −36 (16)* −4 (7) −46 (14)
 6-min walk distance, feet −71 (36) −166 (93) 60 (40) −19 (89)
 Comfortable gait speed, m/s −0.08 (0.04) −0.14 (0.09) 0.02 (0.04) −0.05 (0.06)
 Timed up and go (s) 0.7 (0.8) −0.07 (0.7) −0.7 (0.6) −0.2 (0.6)
Quality of life and sleep
 Overall SF-36 −19 (5) −24 (5) 4 (4) −6 (8)
 SF-36 physical summary −24 (6) −22 (8) 1 (4) −3 (8)
 SF-36 mental summary −12 (7) −26 (6) 9 (4) −9 (12)
 SF-36 subscale: vitality −19 (7) −33 (3)* 7 (5) −9 (10)
 SF-36 subscale: mental health 3 (4) −16 (7)* 15 (4) −1 (6)
 MOS sleep index −5 (5) 8 (6) −14 (5) −1 (11)
BMI and lean body mass
 BMI −2.9 (0.6) −3 (0.5) −3.9 (0.7) −4.6 (0.6)
 Lean body mass, percent 0.2 (0.5) 1.0 (0.7) 4.7 (1.5) 4.0 (0.9)
Self-reported physical activity
 PASE −65 (24) −96 (35) 42 (18) −10 (31)
Objective physical activity (n = 4) (n = 3) (n = 4) (n = 3)
 Proportion of lifestyle min −0.03 (0.01) −0.07 (0.03) 0.00 (0.01) −0.03 (0.01)
 Proportion of sedentary min 0.04 (0.02) 0.08 (0.02) −0.02 (0.02) 0.06 (0.03)
 No. of sit-to-stand transitions 11.5 (7.9) −2.7 (5.2) 6.7 (8.9) 1.8 (2.1)

Abbreviations: MPACT, maintain physical activity during cancer treatment; N-m, Newton-meter; m/s, meters/second; SF-36, Short Form Health Survey; MOS, Medical Outcomes Study; BMI, body mass index; PASE, Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly.

*

Refers to p < .05 when comparing MPACT vs controls from baseline to 7-weeks.

Refers to p < .05 when comparing MPACT vs controls from baseline to 14-weeks.