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		𝑡 value	𝑃 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