Four Weeks of Inspiratory Muscle Training Improves Self-Paced Walking Performance in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Table 1

Participants’ characteristics.

	EXP	PLA
	(𝑚=4,𝑓=4)	(𝑚=3,𝑓=4)
Age (years)	49±8.6	55±11.0
Height (cm)	173.4±9.3	165.9±10.8
Mass (kg)	112.7±36.9	90.5±16.6
BMI (kg/m^2)	34.5±8.4	32.8±4.8
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	135.9±15.1	135.7±12.7
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	87.8±13.5	88.7±20.7

Mean ± SD. There were no statistically significant differences between the physical characteristics of EXP and PLA groups.