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Table 3 Health-related components of fitness at baseline and post-exercise intervention for prostate and colorectal cancer participants

From: Compliance, adherence and effectiveness of a community-based pre-operative exercise programme: a pilot study

 

Prostate (n=14)

Colorectal (n=10)

Outcome measure

Baseline

Post-intervention

Mean Difference (95% CI)

P value

Baseline

Post-intervention

Mean Difference (95% CI)

P value

Sit-to-stand (s)

16.4 (6.6)

14.2 (6.1)

2.2 (0.6, 4.3)

0.045*

16.6 (5.9)

13.8 (4.9)

2.8 (1.5, 4.2)

0.001*

Handgrip (kg)

32.6 (9.6)

33.6 (8.6)

-1.0 (-2.8, 0.8)

0.259

33.7 (8.9)

35.3 (8.5)

-0.5 (-2.9, 1.9)

0.637

6MTT (m)

684 (144)

722 (136)

-38 (-108, 32)

0.262

768 (230)

779 (220)

-11 (-51, 28)

0.528

  1. Data are presented as mean (SD). *P < 0.05 taken as statistically significant