Table 3.
Intervention effects on health-related physical fitness.
| Intervention effects on health-related physical fitness | PATHwaya, mean (SD) | Usual care, mean (SD) | Effect size | P value | |||
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Baseline | 6 months | Baseline | 6 months |
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| Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (n=120) | |||||||
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Peak VO2b, mL/min/kg | 23.8 (5.47) | 24.1 (5.82) | 24.5 (7.10) | 24.5 (6.50) | 0.09 | .64 |
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Wasserman %c, % | 94.0 (21.3) | 95.4 (18.5) | 98.8 (21.8) | 99.3 (20.4) | 0.05 | .79 |
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Peak respiratory exchange rate | 1.27 (0.11) | 1.27 (0.10) | 1.24 (0.09) | 1.25 (0.10) | −0.11 | .55 |
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VO2 at first threshold, mL/min | 1106 (314) | 1076 (284) | 1180 (376) | 1155 (339) | −0.02 | .91 |
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Borg score | 16 (2) | 16 (2) | 17 (2) | 17 (2) | 0.03 | .89 |
| Muscle strength | |||||||
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Handgrip strength dominant side (n=118), kg | 40.1 (11.0) | 40.1 (11.4) | 39.4 (11.0) | 39.5 (11.4) | −0.04 | .83 |
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Handgrip strength nondominant side (n=118), kg | 38.3 (9.90) | 38.7 (10.0) | 36.6 (10.1) | 36.4 (10.4) | 0.11 | .57 |
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Isometric quadriceps strength (n=117), Nm | 150 (45.7) | 154 (47.1) | 149 (48.1) | 158 (48.2) | −0.16 | .38 |
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Isokinetic upper leg strength (n=117), J | 2085 (725) | 2150 (678) | 2082 (701) | 2124 (677) | 0.09 | .66 |
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30s sit-to-stand test (n=118), n | 19.0 (4.00) | 22.0 (6.00) | 18.0 (7.00) | 22.0 (7.00) | −0.01 | .94 |
aPATHway: Physical Activity Toward Health.
bVO2: oxygen uptake.
cWasserman %: percent predicted oxygen uptake according to Hansen et al [49].