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. 2011 Jul 7;2011:808607. doi: 10.4061/2011/808607

Table 2.

Lung function data.

Patient VC (L) FEV1 (L) PEF (L s−1) MVV (L min−1) PImax (kPa)
B P1 P4 B P1 P4 B P1 P4 B P1 P4 B P1 P4
1 3.8 4.1 4.2 3.1 3.3 3.9 7.1 6.2 7.6 142 150 133 9.1 9.4 9.5
2 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 8.6 8.0 8.4 138 131 188 9.5 10.9 11.4
3 3.1 3.4 3.3 2.3 2.6 2.4 4.5 5.1 4.7 74 73 84 5.6 6.9 7.0
4 3.7 3.7 3.6 2.9 3.2 2.9 7.6 9.4 9.0 130 152 144 8.9 8.9 8.3
5 3.7 3.4 3.5 2.8 2.5 2.5 7.7 7.8 8.9 124 121 114 4.3 5.3 5.3
6 3.9 3.6 4.4 2.7 2.6 3.5 4.7 5.3 7.2 73 89 105 6.6 5.8 6.3
7 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.0 4.9 5.1 4.4 91 91 97 5.6 6.6 5.1
8 4.6 4.7 4.4 3.1 2.9 2.9 7.0 7.4 7.4 162 154 155 8.1 9.0 9.3
9 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.1 2.4 2.3 4.6 4.4 5.1 76 75 81 5.9 5.1 4.6
10 2.7 2.9 3.5 1.9 2.2 2.5 7.1 7.6 7.5 94 92 90 5.9 5.8 6.1

Mean 3.5 3.5 3.6 2.6 2.7 2.8 6.4 6.6 7.0 110 113 119 6.7 7.1 7.1
SEM 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.15 0.13 0.18 0.49 0.52 0.53 10.3 10.3 11.1 0.57 0.67 0.75

VC; vital capacity; FEV1; forced expiratory volume in 1 s; PEF; peak expiratory flow; MVV; maximal voluntary ventilation; PImax ; maximal inspiratory pressure. B; baseline values; P1; posttraining test after 4 weeks of training (phase 1); P4; posttraining test after 4 months of training (phase 2).