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Table 4 Health-related components of fitness at baseline and post-exercise intervention for both surgical-oncology groups combined

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

Outcome measure

Baseline (n = 24)

Post-intervention (n = 24)

Mean difference (95% CI)

P value

Sit-to-stand (s)

16.5 (6.2)

14.0 (5.5)

2.5 (1.2, 3.7)

0.001*

Handgrip (kg)

33.2 (9.1)

34.3 (8.4)

− 0.8 (− 2.1, 0.5)

0.232

6MTT (m)

719 (185)

746 (173)

− 27 (− 68, 15)

0.193

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