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 |
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| 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).