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Table 4 Results of chair-rise test (seconds) and leg press strength (kg) after 12 weeks in the intervention group of ProMuscle, ProMuscle in Practice and the ProMuscle Implementation Pilots

From: Effects and contextual factors of a diet and resistance exercise intervention vary across settings: an overview of three successive ProMuscle interventions

Chair-rise test (sec)

Complete cases

Wk 0

Mean ± SD

Wk 12

Mean ± SD

Mean difference

± SD

p-value

Total

N=121

14.5 ± 4.9

13.0 ± 4.4

-1.6 ± 4.3

0.001

ProMuscle

N=23

16.2 ± 7.6

14.2 ± 6.3

-2.0 ± 7.0

0.186

ProMuscle in Practice

N=73

13.8 ± 3.4

13.0 ± 3.4

-0.8 ± 2.9

0.019

ProMuscle Implementation Pilots

N=25

14.8 ± 5.2

11.5 ± 4.9

-3.3 ± 4.2

0.001

Leg press strength (kg)

Complete cases

Wk 0

Mean ± SD

Wk 12

Mean ± SD

Mean difference

± SD

p-value

Total

N=123

129.1 ± 34.7

157.7 ± 45.7

28.6 ± 34.0

0.001

ProMuscle

N=26

127.3 ± 29.2

159.9 ± 38.8

32.6 ± 24.8

0.001

ProMuscle in Practice

N=64

134.6 ± 38.3

151.6 ± 40.3

17.0 ± 23.2

0.001

ProMuscle Implementation Pilots

N=33

119.9 ± 29.5

167.6 ± 58.2

47.8 ± 46.8

0.001