Table 3.
Change in forced vital capacity in the sitting position before and after short-term rehabilitation according to the level of injury, injury severity, and disease duration.
| (N) | FVCsup (mL) | pre%FVCsup (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial | Follow up | Δ (%) | p | Initial | Follow up | Δ | ||
| Intra group | Inter group | |||||||
| Total (104) | 2468.9 ± 922.2 | 3028.9 ± 930.8 | 560.0 ± 507.5 (28.9) | <0.001** | 57.5 ± 20.3 | 70.2 ± 19.2 | 12.3 ± 10.6 | |
| Level of injury | ||||||||
| Tetraplegia (65) | 2226.5 ± 784.1 | 2888.5 ± 887.1 | 662.0 ± 537.5 (36.0) | <0.001** | 0.004†† | 52.1 ± 18.2 | 67.1 ± 19. | 15.0 ± 11.3 |
| Paraplegia (39) | 2872.8 ± 1000.9 | 3262.8 ± 965.8 | 390.0 ± 405.1 (17.2) | <0.001** | 66.5 ± 20.2 | 75.4 ± 18.1 | 8.9 ± 9.4 | |
| Injury severity | ||||||||
| Complete (21) | 2429.5 ± 1003.1 | 2844.8 ± 1021.2 | 415.2 ± 359.5 (20.5) | <0.001** | 0.072 | 51.6 ± 19.4 | 60.5 ± 19.6 | 8.9 ± 7.4 |
| Incomplete (83) | 2478.8 ± 906.8 | 3075.4 ± 907.2 | 596.6 ± 534.1 (31.1) | <0.001** | 59.0 ± 20.3 | 72.6 ± 18.4 | 13.7 ± 11.5 | |
| Disease duration | ||||||||
| Acute (14) | 2687.1 ± 1017.8 | 3005.7 ± 1139.4 | 318.6 ± 434.8 (12.9) | <0.001** | 0.002†† | 65.7 ± 21.2 | 73.4 ± 22.9 | 7.7 ± 9.1 |
| Subacute (45) | 2385.1 ± 999.1 | 3165.8 ± 940.1 | 780.7 ± 503.3 (42.3) | <0.001** | 53.7 ± 20.4 | 71.0 ± 17.6 | 17.4 ± 10.4 | |
| Chronic (45) | 2484.7 ± 814.8 | 2899.1 ± 851.0 | 414.4 ± 451.5 (20.6) | <0.001** | 58.8 ± 19.4 | 68.4 ± 19.7 | 9.6 ± 10.4 | |
Values are mean ± standard deviation.
**p < 0.01 by paired t test, ††p < 0.01 by Wilcoxon test.
FVC, forced vital capacity; FVCsit, FVC in sitting position; pre%, percentage of the predicted normal value; Δ, change.