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Table 4 Functional capacity before and during follow-up

From: Educational program promoting regular physical exercise improves functional capacity and daily living physical activity in subjects with knee osteoarthritis

 

Variable

Before

6 months

12 months

EDU (N = 112)

Sit and reach (cm)

17.5 ± 0.8

17.3 ± 0.9

17.9 ± 0.9

Up and down stairs (sec)

30.3 ± 2.3

24.3 ± 2.4*

24.4 ± 1.6*

TUGT (sec)

16.4 ± 0.7

11.5 ± 0.5**

10.4 ± 0.7**

FTSST (sec)

25.3 ± 1.3

17.1 ± 0.9***††

18.4 ± 1.1***††

CON (N = 127)

Sit and reach (cm)

12.0 ± 0.7

11.9 ± 0.8

13.2 ± 1.0

Up and down stairs (sec)

34.5 ± 1.2

30.2 ± 1.3*

32.2 ± 1.9

TUGT (sec)

12.4 ± 0.4

12.5 ± 0.4

12.6 ± 0.5

FTSST (sec)

27.6 ± 1.3

24.9 ± 1.0

22.8 ± 1.4

  1. CON control group, EDU educational program group, FTSST five times sit-to-stand test, TUGT timed up and go test. Asterisk denotes significant difference from before follow-up in the same group (*: P < 0.05; **: P < 0.01; ***: P < 0.001). Dagger denotes significant difference from control group during the same period (: P < 0.05; ††: P < 0.01)