The main findings of this study are that the TPT group
showed improvement in the 6MWT, WOMAC, and SF-36
scores after 2 months of treatment and lower detraining effects on the 6MWT distance at 1 year after TPT as compared with the SPT group. Before the programs, the data
for baseline characteristics, the main outcome, and other
outcomes among the two groups were not significantly
different. No significant difference was seen in most of
the outcome measures when comparing the adjusted posttraining means of the TPT and SPT groups after 2 months
of treatment; however, the mental and global dimension SF-
36 scores demonstrated significant improvement in the TPT
group (p< 0.05). After 1 year, physical and mental health
SF-36 scores gradually worsened in both groups. However,
the 6MWT distance in the TPT group was significantly
higher than in the SPT group at the 5th and 14th months
(p