Aerobic capacity and strength measures after the transplant (PII) and after the exercise programme (PIII) for the exercise and control group
| Variable | Exercise group | Control group | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PII (n = 6) | PIII (n = 6) | p Value | PII (n = 6) | PIII (n = 5) | p Value | |||||
| Mean | SE | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | |||
| HGS, Hand grip strength; UBS, upper body strength; LBS, lower body strength. | ||||||||||
| Body weight (kg) | 87.4 | 1.4 | 89.7 | 1.4 | 0.315 | 71.8 | 1.4 | 72.8 | 1.6 | 0.573 |
| Vo2peak | ||||||||||
| litres/min | 2.0 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.004 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.290 |
| ml/kg/min | 23.38 | 1.11 | 32.55 | 1.11 | 0.001 | 20.13 | 1.11 | 21.53 | 1.28 | 0.359 |
| Muscular strength | ||||||||||
| HGS (units/kg) | 0.72 | 0.05 | 0.76 | 0.05 | 0.450 | 0.79 | 0.05 | 0.72 | 0.06 | 0.442 |
| UBS (log(kg/kg)) | −0.61 | 0.06 | −0.32 | 0.06 | 0.003 | −0.61 | 0.06 | −0.59 | 0.06 | 0.882 |
| LBS (kg/kg) | 1.10 | 0.10 | 1.81 | 0.10 | 0.001 | 1.03 | 0.10 | 0.98 | 0.12 | 0.812 |