A Randomised Control Trial of the Impact of a Computer-Based Activity Programme upon the Fitness of Children with Autism

Table 3

Initial and follow-up fitness results as medians and interquartile range (IQR) scores ( calculated using Wilcoxon signed rank test between time samples and Mann Whitney for difference between initial scores of control and intervention groups).

	Control group			Intervention group			Difference between initial scores of control and intervention groups ()
	Median (IRQ)		Difference between initial and follow-up scores ()	Median (IRQ)		Difference between initial and follow-up scores ()
	Initial score	Follow-up score		Initial score	Follow-up score
Body mass index (BMI)	20.2 (5.6)	21.5 (5.5)	4.86***	20.1 (6.1)	19.8 (5.6)	−5.37***	0.72
Bleep test	2 (3)	2 (2)	1.61	3 (4)	4.5 (5)	5.92***	2.52*
Shuttle run	84.5 (49)	90 (42)	4.04***	92 (27)	68 (43)	−4.89***	2.33*
Broad jump	54.5 (23)	52.5 (20)	−0.77	80 (41)	92.5 (50)	5.12***	4.59***
Sit-ups	7.5 (5)	7.5 (4)	1.94	10 (10)	13 (7)	5.08***	2.27*
Flexibility	10 (6)	10 (8)	2.48*	8 (13)	9 (13)	0.09	2.05*

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