Skip to main content

Table 5 Results of secondary endpoints before the first physiotherapy session (pre-intervention) and after the last exercise session (post-intervention), N: 13

From: Feasibility of a blended therapy approach in the treatment of patients with inflammatory myopathies

 

ceiling effect number (%)

pre-intervention mean (SD)

post-intervention mean (SD)

mean difference (pre-post)

95%CI

p-value

effect size

Isometric peak force

 Shoulder abduction (Newton)a

na

131 (51)

128 (49)

-2

−16 / 12

0.759

0.04

 Elbow flexion (Newton)b

na

154 (65)

158 (54)

4

−17 / 24

0.709

0.05

 Wrist extension (Newton)a

na

83 (32)

90 (35)

7

−3 / 16

0.169

0.20

 Knee extension (Newton)a

na

254 (153)

258 (149)

4

−29 / 36

0.806

0.02

 Ankle extension (Newton)a

na

141 (50)

155 (55)

15

0 / 29

0.046

0.29

 Neck flexion (Newton)a

na

81 (37)

91 (30)

10

−3 / 23

0.107

0.28

 Hip abduction (Newton)b

na

172 (63)

161 (46)

−11

−33 / 11

0.293

0.17

 Hip extension (Newton)b

na

176 (62)

168 (36)

−8

−31 / 16

0.483

0.12

Chair stand

 Repetitions

na

11.2 (2.8)

12.6 (3.6)

1.5

0.0–2.9

0.046

0.52

Arm curl

 Repetitions

na

18.1 (4.2)

20.3 (7.1)

2.3

−0.7 – 5.2

0.120

0.54

ETGUG

na

      

 Overall time (seconds)

na

17.1 (2.4)

16.6 (2.4)

−0.6

−1.0 – 2.1

0.462

0.23

 Speed (meter/second)

na

1.5 (0.2)

1.5 (0.3)

−0.04

−0.22 – 0.14

0.670

0.14

 

ceiling effect number (%)

pre-intervention median (Q1/Q3)

post-intervention median (Q1/Q3)

median difference (pre-post)

95%CI

p-value

effect size

Manual Muscle Testing

 Shoulder abduction (points)

11 (85)

10 (10/10)

10 (9.5/10)

0

na

0.317

na

 Elbow flexion (points)

10 (77)

10 (9.5/10)

10 (10/10)

0

na

0.157

na

 Wrist extension (points)

11 (85)

10 (10/10)

10 (10/10)

0

na

0.564

na

 Knee extension (points)

10 (77)

10 (9/10)

10 (10/10)

0

na

0.180

na

 Ankle extension (Points)

13 (100)

10 (10/10)

10 (10/10)

0

na

0.317

na

 Neck flexion (points)

7 (54)

10 (7.5/10)

10 (10/10)

0

na

0.057

na

 Hip abduction (points)a

7 (58)

10 (8/10)

10 (9.25/10)

0

na

0.214

na

 Hip extension (points)a

6 (50)

9.5 (9/10)

10 (10/10)

0

na

0.408

na

Total score (points)a

4 (33)

77 (73/80)

79 (76/80)

0

na

0.514

na

Functional Index 2

 Shoulder abduction (repetitions)b

7 (64)

60 (24/60)

60 (56/60)

0

na

0.144

na

 Shoulder flexion (repetitions) b

7 (64)

60 (29/60)

60 (41/60)

0

na

0.715

na

 Neck flexion (repetitions)a

2 (17)

15 (7/40)

24 (10/58)

5

na

0.021

na

 Hip flexion (repetitions)a

2 (17)

39 (12/45)

33 (18/60)

2

na

0.333

na

 Step up (repetitions)a

6 (50)

58 (33/60)

60 (27/60)

0

na

0.416

na

 Heel lift (repetitions)a

5 (42)

57 (37/120)

90 (39/120)

0

na

0.173

na

 Toe lift (repetitions)a

3 (25)

37 (20/104)

64 (25/120)

3

na

0.109

na

SF36

 Physical functioning (points)

1 (8)

65 (45/83)

80 (55/90)

5

na

0.219

0.24

 Role-physical (points)

4 (31)

50 (0/100)

100 (0/100)

0

na

0.034

na

 Bodily pain (points)

3 (23)

62 (47/87)

72 (37/100)

0

na

0.553

na

 General health (points)

0

47 (39/54)

52 (44/55)

0

na

0.694

0.08

 Vitality (points)

0

50 (38/70)

65 (38/78)

10

na

0.031

0.42

 Social functioning (points)

4 (31)

75 (63/100)

100 (75/100)

0

na

0.107

na

 Role-emotional (points)

9 (69)

100 (50/100)

100 (100/100)

0

na

0.102

na

 Mental health (points)

1 (8)

76 (58/88)

80 (70/86)

0

na

0.959

0.01

 Physical Component Summary

0

40 (33/47)

42 (28/51)

2

na

0.152

0.28

  Mental Component Summary

0

53 (41/59)

55 (54/61)

1

na

0.152

0.28

MAP subscales

 Movement (points)

3 (23)

2 (1.5/3.0)

1 (1.0/3.5)

0

na

1

na

 Moving around (points)

3 (23)

3 (1.5/3.0)

1 (1.0/3.0)

0

na

0.043

na

 Personal care and hygiene (points)

8 (62)

1 (1.0/2.0)

1 (1.0/2.0)

0

na

0.739

na

 Domestic (points) (points)

5 (38)

2 (1.0/4.0)

1 (1.0/3.5)

0

na

0160

na

MAP single items

 Social (points)

6 (46)

2 (1.0/3.0)

1 (1.0/2.5)

0

na

0.792

na

 Avoid overexertion (points)

1 (8)

4 (2.0/4.0)

3 (1.5/4.5)

0

na

1

0

 Work/school (points)

3 (23)

3 (1.5/4.0)

3 (1.0/4.0)

0

na

0.564

na

 Recreational (points)

2 (15)

3 (2.0/4.0)

3 (2.5/4.0)

0

na

0.773

na

HAQ (points)

4 (31)

0.5 (0.0/1.0)

0.25 (0.0/0.9)

0

na

0.558

na

  1. Legend: aone missing, btwo missings, Q quartile, % percent, na not applicable, ETGUG Expanded Timed Get-up-and-Go, CI confidence interval, % percent, SD standard deviation, HAQ Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire, MAP Myositis Activity Profile