In order to account for possible energy substrate utilization differences between the exercise sessions, estradiol was measured.
Differences between the exercise price and book value were relatively small, ranging from negative 0.6252% of the book value to no difference at all.
Baseline differences between the exercise groups were evaluated via ANOVA with Fisher's post hoc test.
After 16 weeks, there were no differences between the exercise groups and the no-exercise group for symptoms, disease severity, pain, self-efficacy, or psychological well-being.
We explored the differences between the exercise and control group from baseline to 6 months follow-up and during the detraining period from month 3 to 6.
This may be related to the small number of control muscles processed, or with fundamental differences between the exercise and electrical stimulation protocols.
Isaacs and colleagues did not see any differences between the exercise referral schemes and usual care groups at follow-up on the SF-36 mental health scale.
For continuous variables, we compared net changes (that is, the differences between the exercise group and control group) and calculated a weighted or standardised mean difference (95% confidence intervals) for each study.
Therefore, the sample size will provide 87% statistical power to detect differences between the Exercise group and the Exercise + Psychosexual group at follow-up (d = 0.5; n = 77 per group as the usual care group will be split between the two interventions for the prospective cohort study component of this project).
After adjusting for score at baseline, age, sex and class attendance no significant differences between the exercise groups and controls were found, except for a decline in activity of at least moderate intensity in the resistance training group compared to the controls (adjusted difference: -12.2 min, 95% CI -23.8 -0.7).
