Results
Cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition
Patients’ cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition
measures before and after the intervention protocol arereported in Table 2. VO2max showed a significant main
effect for time ( p < 0.001) and for the interaction effect for
groups by time ( p = 0.001). Follow-up analysis showed a
significant increase ( p < 0.001; g2p = 0.876) only in the intervention
group (control group p = 0.572). In the same way,
significant differences for time ( p = 0.010) and for the interaction
between groups and time ( p = 0.001) were noted
for fat mass percentage, with a significant decrease
( p = 0.002; g2 = 0.673) only for the intervention group
(control group p = 0.221). Total body water percentage
showed a significant differences (time p = 0.020; interaction
p = 0.15), with a significant increase ( p = 0.027; g2 = 0.436)
only for the intervention group (control group p = 0.585).