Table III.
ICF domain (component) | Intervention | Hedges g | 95% CI | p-value |
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Body function (lower limb) | Aerobic (n=1) | 0.585 | –0.036 to 1.205 | 0.06 |
Mixed (n=5) | 0.140 | 0.002 to 0.277 | 0.05 | |
Muscle strengthening (n=7) | 0.232 | –0.004 to 0.468 | 0.05* | |
Overall (n=13) | 0.178 | 0.061 to 0.294 | <0.01* | |
Body function (non-lower limb) | Aerobic (n=2) | 0.260 | 0.070 to 0.451 | 0.01 |
Mixed (n=1) | 0.837 | 0.585 to 1.089 | <0.01 | |
Muscle strengthening (n=2) | 0.337 | –0.341 to 1.015 | 0.33* | |
Overall (n=5) | 0.463 | 0.315 to 0.611 | <0.01* | |
Body function (cardiovascular) | Aerobic (n=5) | 0.373 | 0.100 to 0.646 | 0.01 |
Mixed (n=3) | 0.007 | –0.169 to 0.183 | 0.94* | |
Overall (n=8) | 0.114 | –0.034 to 0.262 | 0.13* | |
Body function (mental and sensory) | Aerobic (n=4) | 0.733 | 0.146 to 1.175 | <0.01* |
Mixed (n=4) | 0.197 | 0.080 to 0.314 | <0.01 | |
Muscle strengthening (n=2) | 0.356 | 0.083 to 0.630 | 0.01 | |
Overall (n=10) | 0.250 | 0.146 to 0.355 | <0.01* | |
Activity and participation | Aerobic (n=1) | 0.173 | –0.024 to 0.371 | 0.09 |
Mixed (n=5) | 0.145 | 0.086 to 0.204 | <0.01 | |
Muscle strengthening (n=4) | 0.071 | –0.153 to 0.296 | 0.53 | |
Overall (n=10) | 0.143 | 0.088 to 0.198 | <0.01 |
Denotes findings with significant and moderate to substantial heterogeneity. CI is confidence interval, ICF is International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, and n is the number of studies used in the respective analysis.