Table 5.

Change in pulmonary functions and respiratory muscle endurance, chest wall mobility over time from admission to 4 weeks follow-up

Characteristic	Group	At admission*	Day of Discharge*	4 Weeks*	Diff. (95% CI)¥	p value
		N = 42, N = 38	N = 42, N = 38	N = 32, N = 27
VT (Ltrs)	Physio	0.37 ± 0.12	0.47 ± 0.17	0.54 ± 0.15	0.05 (– 0.001, 0.118)	0.056
	Yoga	0.41 ± 0.2	0.51 ± 0.16	0.65 ± 0.24
	p value	0.25	0.34	0.04
FVC	Physio	35.3 ± 9.10	41.9 ± 10.96	51.6 ± 11.68	4.9 (1.270, 8.609)	0.008
	Yoga	38.1 ± 8.90	46.4 ± 10.41	58.5 ± 11.68
	p value	0.16	0.06	0.02
FEV1	Physio	35.8 ± 10.63	41.9 ± 10.84	52.5 ± 13.7	5.12 (1.256, 8.984)	0.009
	Yoga	38.7 ± 8.20	45.2 ± 10.64	61.6 ± 13.48
	p value	0.16	0.18	0.01
PEF	Physio	33.9 ± 9.80	37.8 ± 10.35	42.5 ± 11.49	4.47 (0.834, 8.106)	0.016
	Yoga	34.4 ± 8.45	41.8 ± 10.76	53.1 ± 14.17
	p value	0.82	0.09	0.002
FVC/FEV1	Physio	106.5 ± 17.20	105.0 ± 12.96	106.3 ± 14.26	1.003 (–3.069, 5.076)	0.629
	Yoga	107.1 ± 12.20	104.7 ± 12.67	109.7 ± 10.26
	p value	0.85	0.93	0.30
MVV	Physio	25.6 ± 8.50	31.9 ± 8.82	45.9 ± 13.44	6.725 (3.320, 10.245)	< 0.0001
	Yoga	27.1 ± 7.22	40.5 ± 10.27	56.4 ± 12.43
	p value	0.40	0.0001	0.003
Axillary Cirtometry (cm)	Physio	3.0 ± 0.32	3.3 ± 0.39	3.6 ± 0.4	0.071 (–0.071, 0.214)	0.33
	Yoga	2.9 ± 0.39	3.4 ± 0.33	3.9 ± 0.35
	p value	0.15	0.10	0.009
Thoracic Cirtometry (cm)	Physio	3.8 ± 0.28	4.1 ± 0.35	4.5 ± 0.41	0.056 (–0.095, 0.208)	0.46
	Yoga	3.7 ± 0.41	4.2 ± 0.42	4.7 ± 0.41
	p value	0.14	0.19	0.057

^*Independent t test; ¥ Generalized estimation equation analysis, VT Tidal Volume, FVC Forced Vital Capacity, FEV1 Forced Expiratory Volume in one Second, PEF Peak Expiratory Force, MVV Maximum voluntary ventilation