Control group program
The Control Group did not perform any exercise that would act as a comparison to SSG, nor any movement activity that would act as a control to facilitate the study of particular elements of SSG. The rationale for this is that our interest is to investigate the potential benefits of incorporating SSG within normal daily living. Therefore, to control for any effects or variations that might arise on account of, for example, seasonal changes which could influence general activity levels, the same outcome measures were obtained, and questionnaires completed, by the Control Group at the same time intervals and on the same date as for the Exercise Group. Throughout the study investigators also spoke with members of the Control Group to ensure that it would be known if any of the participants adopted significant lifestyle changes that could affect the aims of the study. Motivation for compliance was maintained because, as stated above, after the eight week experiment, the investigators administered the same SSG program to the Control Group.