Table 1.

Effect of sciatic nerve stimulation on various metrics with pre- and posttransection data pooled

Metric	Baseline	Stimulation	Percent Increase, %	P Value
Alae nasi EMG, mV × s	65.0 ± 71.8	75.2 ± 86.2	17.8 ± 22.4	<0.001
Respiration rate, breaths/min	48.8 ± 25.7	56.2 ± 27.4	14.8 ± 24.3	<0.001
Pressure, cmH2O	3.6 ± 5.5	3.9 ± 5.9	10.7 ± 18.7	<0.001
Flow, ml/min	32.7 ± 14.4	35.3 ± 14.8	8.9 ± 11.9	<0.001
Tidal volume, ml	101.3 ± 35.7	106.0 ± 37.1	2.6 ± 5.8	<0.001

Value are presented as mean ± SD.