Table 3.

Within-group comparisons of aerodynamic parameters between different elongation levels.

Dependent Variables	Elongation Levels (%)	Experimental Condition		Control Condition
		Diff of Means	P	Diff of Means	P
PTP (cmH2O)	20 vs. 0	2.751	<0.001*	3.268	<0.001*
	20 vs. 10	1.173	0.001*	1.717	<0.001*
	10 vs. 0	1.578	<0.001*	1.55	<0.001*
PTF (mL/s)	20 vs. 0	52.843	<0.001*	88.442	<0.001*
	20 vs. 10	15.519	0.437	42.493	0.004*
	10 vs. 0	37.324	0.012*	45.95	0.002*
PIP (cmH2O)	20 vs. 0	1.276	0.249	1.316	0.229
	20 vs. 10	0.777	0.593	1.209	0.287
	10 vs. 0	0.5	0.805	0.107	0.99
PIF (mL/s)	20 vs. 0	0.681	1.000	33.887	0.269
	20 vs. 10	19.796	0.633	14.987	0.769
	10 vs. 0	20.477	0.614	18.9	0.659
PPR (cmH2O)	20 vs. 0	1.474	0.165	1.951	0.046*
	20 vs. 10	0.396	0.875	0.508	0.803
	10 vs. 0	1.078	0.376	1.443	0.178
PFR (mL/s)	20 vs. 0	52.162	0.039*	54.555	0.029*
	20 vs. 10	35.314	0.215	27.506	0.389
	10 vs. 0	16.848	0.699	27.049	0.401

Note: comparisons with significant results are denoted with an asterisk