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Table 2 Physical performance evaluation results at baseline and after six weeks of NMES intervention

From: The feasibility and acceptability of neuromuscular electrical stimulation to improve exercise performance in patients with advanced cancer: a pilot study

    

Baseline

End of study

    

All subjects (N = 15)

    

Withdrawn (N = 5)

Completed (N = 10)

Pa

Completed (N = 10)

Difference

Pb

 

Number

  

PS

1

  

0

2

0.79#

4

 

0.15#

 

2

  

2

4

 

4

  
 

3

  

3

4

 

2

  
 

Mean (SD)

 

6 MWT

m

 

257 (160)

166 (138)

303 (157)

0.11

282 (171)

−21.1 (167.7)

0.70

 

%

 

50.2 (32.2)

31.0 (24.6)

59.8 (32.2)

0.08

56.0 (34.5)

−3.8 (33.3)

0.73

STS

s

 

8.0 (4.3)

7.6 (3.4)

8.2 (4.8)

0.80

7.0 (3.3)

−1.2 (3.4)

0.30

 

S-score

 

2.6 (2.4)

2.2 (2.0)

2.7 (2.2)

0.69

2.0 (1.8)

−0.7 (2.0)

0.30

  1. Notes: Performance status (PS), six-minute walk distance (6 MWT) in metres (m) and expressed as % predicted (from [21]), Sit-to-stand (STS) test expressed as seconds (s) and as a standard score (S-score) value calculated using age range-specific mean and standard deviations for healthy controls (from [22]): positive scores indicates STS S-scores above the mean. Pa: #Fisher’s exact (for counts) or unpaired t-test (for means) comparing baseline results for patients withdrawn and patients who completed study. Pb : #Fisher’s exact (for counts) or paired t-test (for means) comparing baseline and final test results for patients who completed the study.
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