Research Article
The Effect of Baduanjin on Promoting the Physical Fitness and Health of Adults
Table 6
Comparison of physical fitness indices.
| Characteristic | Baseline | Follow-up | Posttest-pretest scores | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention-control | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | 95% CI | value | value |
| SR (cm) | 15.3 | 8.1 | 12.7 | 8.7 | 17.3 | 8.6 | 12.9 | 8.1 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 3.464 | 0.001 | ES (s) | 31.1 | 28.7 | 29.4 | 24.0 | 43.7 | 43.1 | 43.8 | 37.3 | −21.1 | −46.9 | 4.6 | −1.630 | 0.106 | VO2max (mL/kg·min) | 27.8 | 10.2 | 27.7 | 7.7 | 29.3 | 11.8 | 28.1 | 8.1 | 1.1 | −2.2 | 4.4 | 0.658 | 0.512 | HRmax (1/min) | 161.8 | 27.1 | 170.1 | 18.7 | 162.4 | 24.3 | 163.8 | 21.2 | 6.9 | 0.2 | 13.5 | 2.031 | 0.045 | VEmax (L/min) | 52.4 | 22.4 | 56.7 | 15.7 | 56.8 | 22.6 | 56.0 | 16.3 | 5.2 | −0.2 | 10.6 | 1.913 | 0.059 |
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