A Pilot Study of an Exercise-Based Patient Education Program in People with Multiple Sclerosis

Table 5

M ± SD, reported for , , , within exercising group comparison from to using values and effect sizes (, paired one-sided -test, ≤ 0.05); if significant value was reported from to , significance tests were calculated for minus 10% and (, paired one-sided -test, ≤ 0.05); additionally, to comparisons were calculated using values and effect sizes (, paired one-sided -test, ≤ 0.05).

Outcome measure	baseline			() value	effect size	()   value	() value	effect size
TUG s	9.8 ± 2.7	7.5 ± 2.3	8.1 ± 1.9	<0.001	3.38	<0.05	<0.001	2.6
6MWT m	419.2 ± 126.3	483.7 ± 140.2	432.9 ± 123.3	<0.001	−3.3	ns	ns	−0.73
Treadmill min	12.1 ± 5.5	15 ± 5	14.6 ± 5.5	<0.001	−1.91	<0.01	<0.05	−1.12
Treadmill km/h	3.5 ± 0.8	4 ± 0.7	4 ± 0.9	<0.001	−2.39	<0.001	<0.05	−1.23
Fatigue score	5 ± 1.6	4.5 ± 1.7	4.7 ± 1.5	<0.05	0.86	ns	ns	0.14
SSA score	4.9 ± 1.4	5.4 ± 0.8	5.2 ± 0.7	ns	−0.6	—	ns	−0.5
SF-36 score
General health	58.9 ± 18.6	66.7 ± 18.1	61.3 ± 19.6	<0.01	−1.49	ns	ns	−0.15
Physical functioning	51.7 ± 19.3	56.3 ± 25.7	51.9 ± 25	ns	−0.57	—	ns	0.15
Vitality	44.3 ± 19.6	55 ± 18.6	52.7 ± 16.2	<0.001	−2	ns	=0.05	−0.91
Mental health	73.3 ± 13.2	77.3 ± 14.6	73.5 ± 13.1	<0.05	−0.97	ns	ns	0.22