Feasibility, Safety, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Home-Based Self-Managed High-Intensity Interval Training Program Offered to Long-Term Manual Wheelchair Users

Table 2

Cardiorespiratory fitness outcome measures before and after the training programs.

	HIIT				LMCT				Dropout
			Change (%)	p			Change (%)	p
(ml/min)	1325.9 ± 264.9	1455.4 ± 322.4	12.0 ± 28.3%	0.625	1650.0 ± 584.9	1741.6 ± 661.8	5.3 ± 15.3%	0.813	940.3
	(1033.6–1651.4)	(1176.13–1867.4)	(−16.3–50.5%)		(937.0–2254.7)	(828.2–2594.0)	(−11.6–26.5%)		(835.0–1045.7)
(ml/min)	19.5 ± 0.7	20.4 ± 3.9	5.4 ± 23.6%	0.875	18.5 ± 6.8	18.9 ± 8.4	2.4 ± 18.2%	1.000	9.6
	(18.5–20.1)	(15.8–23.9)	(−21.4–29.6%)		(11.6–28.9)	(11.8–33.3)	(−18.9–26.5%)		(7.7–11.6)
(bpm)	161.5 ± 26.6	153.0 ± 15.7	−4.2 ± 10.3%	0.500	132.4 ± 42.0	138.8 ± 33.3	8.2 ± 22.2%	0.875	105.0
	(127.0–183.0)	(136.0–174.0)	(−17.6–7.1%)		(87.0–179.0)	(86.0–175.0)	(−4.3–47.8%)		(90.0–120.0)
(W)	80.0 ± 18.3	80.0 ± 14.1	1.0 ± 11.0%	1.000	80.0 ± 25.5	82.0 ± 27.7	1.8 ± 14.3%	1.000	50.0
	(60.0–100.0)	(70.0–100.0)	(−11.0–17.0%)		(50.0–110.0)	(40.0–110.0)	(−20.0–16.7%)		(40.0–60.0)
(/10)	9.75 ± 0.5	10.0 ± 0.0	3.0 ± 6.0	1.000	8.2 ± 1.8	8.8 ± 1.1	9.5 ± 15.0%	1.000	9.5
	(9.0–10.0)	(10.0)	(0–11%)		(6.0–10.0)	(7.0–10.0)	(−10.0–28.6%)		(9-10)
(/10)	7.75 ± 2.9	7.75 ± 3.3	−3.0 ± 16	1.000	7.8 ± 3.0	7.2 ± 3.3	−9.6 ± 25.4%	1.000	8.5
	(4.0–10.0)	(3.0–10.0)	(−25.0–14%)		(3.0–10.0)	(2.0–10.0)	(−40.0–14.3)		(8-9)