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. 2005 Mar;241(3):416–423. doi: 10.1097/01.sla.0000154149.85506.36

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FIGURE 2. Mobilization, physical activity (Actigraph), fatigue and sleep quality, and daily and leisure activity after open or laparoscopic colonic resection (P > 0.05 between groups at all intervals, except for sleep quality; * = P < 0.05). Changes in pulmonary function (FEV1, FVC, and PEF) showed a statistical decrease in both groups (Friedman test). Wilcoxon test shows that FEV1 was back to preoperative values 48 hours postoperatively in the open group and FVC and PEF on day 8. In the laparoscopic group, FEV1 returned to be preoperative values 8 days postoperatively, but not FVC and PEF.