Table 2.

Changes in sarcopenia-related physical function during the 12-week intervention period.

	Within-Group Differences						Between-Group Differences
	Control Group (n = 36)			Exercise Training Group (n = 36)			Control Difference	Intervention Difference	Time by Group Interaction
	Baseline	At 12 Weeks	p	Baseline	At 12 Weeks	p			F-Value	p
Grip strength, kg	23.2 ± 6.3	22.0 ± 6.3	0.01	22.7 ± 4.6	22.0 ± 4.2	0.09	−1.2 ± 2.2	−0.7 ± 2.4	0.83	0.37
Usual gait speed, m/sec	1.35 ± 0.24	1.39 ± 0.23	0.18	1.33 ± 0.18	1.37 ± 0.14	0.08	0.04 ± 0.15	0.04 ± 0.15	0.10	0.76
Maximum gait speed, m/sec	1.73 ± 0.31	1.75 ± 0.32	0.56	1.67 ± 0.25	1.75 ± 0.24	<0.01	0.02 ± 0.15	0.07 ± 0.12	3.41	0.07
Chair stand a, sec	9.6 ± 2.9	7.6 ± 2.3	<0.01	10.9 ± 3.4	7.9 ± 2.3	<0.01	−1.9 ± 2.0	−3.0 ± 1.7	5.85	0.02
Timed up and go, sec	8.5 ± 2.0	8.2 ± 2.1	0.13	9.0 ± 2.9	8.0 ± 1.5	<0.01	−0.3 ± 1.2	−1.0 ± 1.0	6.33	0.01

Data presented as mean ± SD. ^a Missing, n = 1 (control group, n = 35).