Patient-reported secondary outcome measures (n (%)) for those that responded to the extended follow-up
| 4 months | 12 months | Extended follow-up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual care | Exercise programme | Usual care | Exercise programme | Usual care | Exercise programme | |
| n=167 | n=149 | n=170 | n=151 | n=172 | n=153 | |
| Participant-rated improvement | ||||||
| Completely recovered | 1 (0.6) | – | 2 (1.2) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.6) | – |
| Much improved | 18 (10.8) | 34 (22.8) | 14 (8.2) | 31 (20.5) | 22 (12.8) | 25 (16.3) |
| Slightly improved | 34 (20.4) | 48 (32.2) | 23 (13.5) | 38 (25.2) | 17 (9.9) | 24 (15.7) |
| No change | 65 (38.9) | 45 (30.2) | 69 (40.6) | 47 (31.1) | 75 (43.6) | 58 (37.9) |
| Slightly worsened | 41 (24.6) | 17 (11.4) | 49 (28.8) | 22 (14.6) | 41 (23.8) | 35 (22.9) |
| Much worsened | 8 (4.8) | 5 (3.4) | 12 (7.1) | 9 (6.0) | 15 (8.7) | 7 (4.6) |
| Vastly worsened | – | – | 1 (0.6) | 3 (2.0) | 1 (0.6) | 4 (2.6) |
| p trend (Wilcoxon) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.2018 | |||