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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Burns. 2016 Nov 28;43(4):796–803. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2016.11.004

Table 3.

12-week exercise program outcomes.

DC 6 weeks 12 weeks
n = 24 n = 24 n = 24
Strength (N*m*kg−1, %) 84.4 ± 32.2 132.3 ± 41.1** 129.5 ± 39.7**
Peak VO2 (ml*kg−1*min−1) 24.9 ± 4.7 27.7 ± 7.0**‡ 31.0 ± 6.4***‡
Peak VO2-LBM (ml*kg−1*min−1) 34.4 ± 6.5 37.9 ± 9.2‡ 42.1 ± 7.7***‡
LBM (kg*m2−1) 13.8 ± 1.5 14.7 ± 2.1* 14.8 ± 2.2*

Data are presented as mean ± SD. Table shows exercise values measured in the 12-week exercise group at discharge from hospital and after 6 and 12 weeks of exercise.

*

p < 0.05 vs. DC,

**

p < 0.01 vs. DC,

***

p < 0.001 vs. DC,

‡

p < 0.01 between 6 and 12 weeks of exercise.

Non-burned values as measured at our institution (reference only, mean ± SD): n = 47; Strength, 155.0 ± 39.8 Nm/kg; Peak VO2, 37.0 ± 8.3 ml/kg/min; LBM, 16.1 ± 3.3 kg/m.

Abbreviations: DC, discharge; VO2, oxygen consumption; LBM, lean body mass.