Table 4.

6MWT values before and after treatment in both groups

	Continuous SWD (n= 11)	Pulsed SWD (n=16)	Total (n=27)	P (between groups)	Between group Cohen’s d
Pretreatment 6MWT (m) Mean±SD Median; min- max	352.3±67.4 350; 250-440	323.3±88.3 327.5; 80-460	335.1 ± 80.3 340; 80-460	t=-0.920 p=0.367
Post treatment 6MWT (m) Mean±SD Median; min- max	361.0±70.9 358; 260-500	344.4±68.8 360; 200-440	351.2±68.8 358.0; 200-500	t= -0.610 p=0.548	0.238
1 month post treatment 6MWT (m) Mean±SD Median; min- max	365.9±73.9 392; 260-483	363.6±87.8 348; 200-504	364.52±80.9 355; 200-504	t=-0.073 p=0.943	0.028
P within groups	P= 0.300	P= 0.010	P=0.041

See table 1 for abbreviations

6MWT MCID 54m

Cohens d 0.2= small effect size

Cohen’s d 0.5= medium effect size

Cohen’s d 0.8= large effect size