Safety and efficacy of exercise training in adults with Pompe disease: evalution of endurance, muscle strength and core stability before and after a 12 week training program

Table 4 Muscle function measured by the quantitative motor function test (QMFT) and timed tests before and after 12 weeks of training

	Before training	After training	P-value*
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
QMFT score (N = 22^b)	51 ± 8	51 ± 9	0.65
Timed Tests (N = 22^b)
– 10 m running (sec)	4.97 ± 1.50	4.70 ± 1.34	0.16
– Climbing four steps (sec)^a	2.37 ± 0.80	2.08 ± 0.74	0.02
– Rising from supine to standing position (sec)^a	5.83 ± 4.25	4.83 ± 2.38	0.05

*For the difference before and after training (paired samples t-test and the Wilcoxon signed-ranks test for paired data^a)
^bQMFT score and timed test were not available for one patient

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