The Role of Inspiratory Muscle Training in Sickle Cell Anemia Related Pulmonary Damage due to Recurrent Acute Chest Syndrome Attacks

Table 4

Pre- and postapheresis values of dyspnea, fatigue, and numbers of vasoocclusive crises and emergency department admission.

Characteristics	(1)		(2)
	Preapheresis	Postapheresis	Preapheresis	Postapheresis
MMRC (0–4)	2	2	2	0
Fatigue Severity Scale (0–63)	60	53	55	49
Pain, mm (0–100)	55	3	42	0
Vasoocclusive crises ()	2	0	0	0
Emergency service admission ()	2	0	0	0

MMRC: Modified Medical Research Council Scale.