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Table 4 Muscle strength – changes in outcome measures between groups: baseline values vs. scores after 7 weeks – Multiple Range Test.

From: Combined effects of functionally-oriented exercise regimens and nutritional supplementation on both the institutionalised and free-living frail elderly (double-blind, randomised clinical trial)

Contrast

Difference

 

Right leg

Left leg

 

Knee flexion

Knee extension

Hip flexion

Hip extension

Knee flexion

Knee extension

Hip flexion

Hip extension

Group I vs. Group II

0.09

-0.61

-0.28

0.55

0.44

0.38

-0.45

0.40

Group I vs. Group III

0.84*

0.66

1.69

1.14*

1.40*

1.48*

0.28

2.29*

Group I vs. Group IV

1.43*

0.98

1.06

1.98*

1.92*

1.56*

1.38

2.70*

Group II vs. Group III

0.74*

0.14

1.97

1.69*

0.95

2.14*

0.72

1.43*

Group II vs. Group IV

1.33*

3.84*

2.35*

2.38*

0.57

2.49*

1.83

1.86*

Group III vs. Group IV

0.05

0.32

0.37

0.68

-0.37

0.46

1.09

-0.86

  1. * denotes a statistically significant difference.
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