. 2015 Oct 30;27(10):3267–3269. doi: 10.1589/jpts.27.3267

Table 1. Within-group and between-group comparisons of outcome measures.

	PH-IMT group (n = 8)		p value^a	FH-IMT group (n = 6)		p value^a	Control group (n = 7)		p value^a	p value^b

	Pre	Post		Pre	Post		Pre	Post

	Mean difference			Mean difference			Mean difference
Asym D_rel	0.05 ± 0.05	0.09 ± 0.09		0.10 ± 0.10	0.03 ± 0.04		0.07 ± 0.05	0.18 ± 0.12	*	*
	0.03 ± 0.08^†‡			−0.06 ± 0.12^†			0.10 ± 0.09^‡
Asym D_con	0.13 ± 0.14	0.10 ± 0.11		0.16 ± 0.12	0.08 ± 0.09		0.07 ± 0.05	0.23 ± 0.10	*	*
	−0.02 ± 0.18^†‡			−0.08 ± 0.17^†			0.15 ± 0.14^‡
Asym TR	0.12 ± 0.12	0.10 ± 0.05		0.14 ± 0.10	0.11 ± 0.08		0.09 ± 0.02	0.13 ± 0.09
	−0.01 ± 0.16			–0.03 ± 0.16			0.03 ± 0.11
TR-P	1.65 ± 0.26	2.25 ± 0.48	*	1.96 ± 0.31	2.22 ± 0.33		1.66 ± 0.19	1.60 ± 0.25		*
	0.59 ± 0.41^†			0.25 ± 0.37^†‡			–0.06 ± 0.24^‡
TR-NP	1.65 ± 0.32	2.12 ± 0.27	*	1.75 ± 0.12	2.11 ± 0.11	*	1.70 ± 0.26	1.68 ± 0.32		*
	0.46 ± 0.26^†			0.35 ± 0.09^†			−0.01 ± 0.30^‡

^aWithin-group comparisons. ^bBetween-group comparisons. Asym D_rel: asymmetry of diaphragm thickness at functional residual capacity; Asym D_con: asymmetry of diaphragm thickness at total lung capacity; Asym TR: asymmetry of thickening ratio; TR-P: thickening ratio of the paretic side; TR-NP: thickening ratio of the nonparetic side. *p < 0.05. ^{†, ‡}Statistical significance (p < 0.05)