Table 3

Training compliance and habitual physical activity

Group W1Group W2Group W3Group W4Group C
Compliance with programme is expressed as a percentage of the completed exercise versus prescribed exercise.
Habitual pysical activity includes walking, cycling, calisthenics, etc but does not include walking training.
All variables are calculated from exercise diary recordings, except total walking, which is a pedometric measurement. Pedometric measurements were recorded only in exercise groups and include all physical activity of the day, also walking training.
Duration of session95%90%98%98%
Walking sessions/week89%85%84%84%
Supervised sessions/week67%67%69%63%
Habitual physical activity (min/day)1615111123
Total walking (km/day)8.78.37.07.1
Length of intervention97%98%99%99%121%