Vigorous cool room treadmill training to improve walking ability in people with multiple sclerosis who use ambulatory assistive devices: a feasibility study

Table 4 Effects of vigorous cool room training on quality of life

Variable	Pre	Post	Follow-up	Test statistic	p	Post-hoc (p-adj)
Variable	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	Test statistic	p	Post-hoc (p-adj)
Quality of life
SF-36 physical functioning	28.57 (21.55)	36.43 (24.10)	41.43 (28.24)	8.083	0.018*	t_1–2 = 0.038*
						t_1–3 = 0.027*
						t_2–3 = 0.395
SF-36 role limitations due to physical health	32.14 (42.61)	35.71 (37.80)	32.14 (37.40)	0.105	0.949	t_1–2 = 0.414
						t_1–3 = 1.000
						t_2–3 = 1.000
SF-36 role limitations due to emotional problems	76.19 (41.79)	80.94 (32.55)	71.43 (48.80)	0.667	0.717	t_1–2 = 0.317
						t_1–3 = 0.655
						t_2–3 = 0.593
SF-36 mental health/emotional well-being	72.57 (15.57)	81.71 (14.76)	74.86 (16.28)	5.840	0.054	t_1–2 = 0.067
						t_1–3 = 0.336
						t_2–3 = 0.112
SF-36 social functioning	73.21 (11.25)	75.00 (28.87)	69.64 (25.88)	0.095	0.953	t_1–2 = 0.746
						t_1–3 = 0.516
						t_2–3 = 0.705
SF-36 bodily pain	46.79 (12.22)	69.29 (16.50)	63.93 (19.73)	6.080	0.048*	t_1–2 = 0.018*
						t_1–3 = 0.093
						t_2–3 = 0.674
SF-36 general health perceptions	41.43 (17.49)	52.14 (21.19)	47.14 (19.12)	1.923	0.382	t_1–2 = 0.105
						t_1–3 = 0.340
						t_2–3 = 0.236
SF-36 health compared to last year	46.43 (29.73)	67.86 (18.90)	71.43 (22.49)	7.176	0.028*	t_1–2 = 0.024*
						t_1–3 = 0.066
						t_2–3 = 0.564

M Mean, SD Standard deviation; p: significance; p-adj: adjusted p value; *p < 0.05; SF-36 36-Item Short Form Health Survey;

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