| Control group (N = 15) | Intervention group (N = 15) | P-value |
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Demographic characteristics | Â | Â | |
 Age (years) | 68 ± 6 | 66 ± 7 | 0.34 |
 BMI (kg/m2) | 29 ± 5 | 25 ± 9 | 0.20 |
 Gender (male (N (%)) | 9 (60) | 8 (53) | 0.71 |
Pulmonary function | Â | Â | |
 FEV1 (% predicted) | 48 ± 18 | 38 ± 17 | 0.11 |
 Tiffeneau Index (%) | 47 ± 13 | 41 ± 14 | 0.28 |
Peripheral muscle strength | Â | Â | |
 QF (Nm) | 112 ± 28 | 84 ± 42 | 0.05 |
 QF (% predicted) | 85 ± 43 | 71 ± 38 | 0.38 |
Functional exercise capacity | Â | Â | |
 6MWD (meter) | 317 ± 95 | 235 ± 134 | 0.07 |
 6MWD (% predicted) | 53 ± 16 | 36 ± 18 | 0.01 |
 Stops during 6MWD (amount) | 0.66 ± 0.62 | 1.23 ± 0.92 | 0.15 |
 Duration of stops (s) | 38 ± 48 | 81 ± 61 | 0.08 |
Physical activity | Â | ||
 PAsteps (amount/day) | 1557 ± 1319 | 1644 ± 2751 | 0.93 |
 PAwalk (minutes/day) | 20 ± 17 | 22 ± 35 | 0.90 |
 PAint (m/s2) | 1.34 ± 0.50 | 1.46 ± 0.25 | 0.50 |
Questionnaires | Â | ||
 mMRC (points) | 2 [2–3] | 3 [2–3] | 0.39 |
 CAT (points) | 19 [15–22] | 25 [13–28] | 0.42 |