Table 5. Key findings of the outcome measures in the eight included studies.
| Authors | Control | ppFEV1 | CFQ-R Physical domain | CFQ-R Respiratory domain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carr et al., (2018) [32] | Standard care control group | Increased 1.47% predicted | No significant differences reported | No significant differences reported |
| Chen et al., (2018) [26] | No comparators | I:pre 85L vs I:post 81.5L*** | Not reported | Not reported |
| Cox et al., (2015) [29] | No comparators | Not reported | I:pre 36 (32–67) vs I:post 63 (29–79) (p = 0.2) | I:pre 33 (27–70) vs I:post 44 (33–71) (p = 0.2) |
| Hommerding et al., (2015) [27] | Standard care control group | I:pre (95.5+/-17.9) vs I:post (93.7+/-8.6) C:pre (100.1+/-21.2) vs C:post (99.1+/-14.2) (p = 0.5) |
Not reported | Not reported |
| Rovedder et al., (2014) [30] | Standard care control group | I:pre (58.3+/-27.6) vs C:pre (57.6+/-22.7) (p = 0.709) I:post (52.3 +/-16.1) vs C:post (55.6+/-7.3) (p = 0.306) |
I:pre 58 (*45/87) vs C:pre 64 (*44/81) (p = 1.000) I:post (64.1+/-17.50) vs C:post 2.4+/-17.50 (*-10/13) (p = 0.742) |
I:pre 55 (*50/72) vs C:pre 55 (*38/61) (p = 0.311) I:post **3.8+/-10.60 (*0/11) vs C:post **-4.7+/-13.40 (*-1/7) (p = 0.925) |
| Schmidt et al., (2011) [28] | No comparators | I:pre 87.6 (74.8;105.8) I:post 85.0 (76.5;99.0) (p = 0.377) |
I:pre (90.8+/-14.5) vs I:post (93.8+/-8.1) (p = 0.346) |
I:pre (77.8+/-12.7) vs I:post (76.2+/-13.5) (p = 0.371) |
| Swisher et al., (2010) [31] | No comparators | Not reported | I:pre (86.1+/-10.4) vs I:post (81.8+/-15.0) | I:pre (77.5+/-10.2) vs I:post (84.7+/-10.1) |
| Tomlinson et al., (2020)[33] | No comparators | I:pre (74+/-31) vs I:post (73+/-34) | I:pre 72 (34) vs I:post 58 (37). | I:pre 52 (33) vs I:post 56 (23) |
I = intervention; C = control; pre = pre-intervention; post = post-intervention; *Author did not report full outcome dataset PRE vs POST; +/- = standard deviation; * = Median 25/75%; ** = difference;***ppFEV1 not reported–we query this value as Litres.