Table 2 Participants physical fitness pre- and post-intervention (N = 12)
Sports | Functional training | p-value Time | p-value Group | p-value Time x group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | Post-intervention | Baseline | Post-intervention | Cohen d** | ||||
Physical fitness | ||||||||
Handgrip strength (kg) | 33.2 (9.8) | 33.5 (10.1) | 34.0 (10.7) | 34.7 (10.5) | 0.449 | 0.781 | 0.12 | 0.860 |
Flexibility (cm) | 24.4 (13.7) | 22.3 (12.5)* | 23.8 (13.5) | 23.3 (12.3) | 0.142 | < 0.001 | 0.08 | < 0.001 |
Abdominal muscular endurance (rep in 1 min) | 15.2 (13.0) | 20.0 (15.1)* | 20.2 (13.0) | 22.1 (13.1) | < 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.15 | < 0.001 |
Distance covered in 6-min walk/run test (m) | 563.3 (167.5) | 638.3 (153.6)* | 605.4 (154.6) | 636.3 (152.2)* | < 0.001 | 0.533 | 0.02 | 0.018 |
Quality of life domain | ||||||||
Physical | 26.0 (4.9) | 26.6 (4.4) | 26.0 (4.9) | 28.0 (4.2)* | 0.633 | 0.002 | 0.33 | 0.226 |
Psychologic | 23.2 (3.5) | 24.6 (3.0) | 24.5 (3.2) | 24.6 (3.9) | 0.025 | 0.369 | 0.00 | 0.159 |
Social relationships | 12.2 (2.7) | 12.5 (2.5) | 12.3 (3.0) | 12.5 (2.6) | 0.802 | 0.698 | 0.00 | 0.723 |
Environmental | 28.0 (5.1) | 30.1(5.1)* | 31.0 (5.9) | 30.7 (6.0)* | 0.147 | 0.048 | 0.11 | 0.107 |
Self-perception of health | 4.1 (0.9) | 4.1 (0.8) | 4.1 (0.8) | 4.1 (0.8) | ||||
Satisfaction with health | 3.6 (1.2) | 3.8 (1.0) | 3.6 (1.3) | 3.8 (1.1) | ||||
Total score | 97.1 (15.5) | 101.6 (10.6) | 101.5 (17.0) | 103.7 (15.2) | 0.744 | 0.025 | 0.16 | 0.402 |