Table 5.

Patients' measurements at baseline assessment and final assessment.

	Intervention (n = 11)		Control (n = 8)
	Median	St. Dev.	Median	St. Dev.	p-value
FCV
Baseline assessment	1.95	0.54	1.78	0.3	0.373
4th week	1.96	0.62	1.92	0.6	0.889
FEV1
Baseline assessment	1.3	0.39	1.38	0.37	0.645
4th week	1.32	0.43	1.5	0.69	0.523
Breathlessness (mBorg scale)
Baseline assessment	5.9	1.6	5.5	1.2	0.529
4th week	5.1	2.6	6.4	1.8	0.228
Breathlessness at best
(VAS-breath.)
Baseline assessment	2.8	1.6	2.1	0.8	0.239
4th week	2.6	2.2	3.1	2.6	0.675
Breathlessness at worst
(VAS-breath.)
Baseline assessment	7.6	1.2	7	1.7	0.381
4th week	6.6	1.9	7.4	1.8	0.404
Distress by breathlessness
(VAS-breath.)
Baseline assessment	7.4	1.5	5.4	1.9	0.03
4th week	6	2.3	7	1.5	0.267
Anxiety
Baseline assessment	10.4	2.6	7	4.2	0.071
4th week	9	4.8	10.3	3.7	0.532
Depression
Baseline assessment	11.3	4.5	7.1	6.3	0.472
4th week	12	6.4	9.8	5.8	0.439