Respiratory Muscle Training Improves Functional Outcomes and Reduces Fatigue in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis: A Single-Center Hospital-Based Prospective Study

Table 3

Comparison of MG outcomes and fatigue score before and after RMT.

	RMT group ()			Disease control group ()
	Baseline	Follow-up	value	Baseline	Follow-up	value
Outcome measures
QMG score	9.5 [5.5, 12.75]	7.5 [4, 12]	0.02	12.5 [4.75, 14.75]	9.5 [5.5, 13.25]	0.11
MGC scale	4 [1.25, 6.75]	2 [0.25, 3]	0.05	3.5 [0, 8]	3.5 [0.75, 4.75]	0.26
Fatigue scale
MFSI_SF_general	7 [5.0, 10.75]	7 [6.0, 8.75]	0.54	6 [4.75, 8.25]	8 [5.75, 11.75]	0.21
MFSI_SF_physical	8 [5.25, 8.75]	5 [3.0, 8.0]	0.02	7 [4.75, 9.75]	8.5 [5.75, 11.75]	0.12
MFSI_SF_emotion	6 [3.25, 7.0]	4 [3, 8.75]	0.46	5 [3, 8.25]	7 [4, 8.25]	0.63
MFSI_SF_mental	6.5 [6.0, 8.0]	7 [3.5, 8.75]	0.87	6 [5.75, 9.5]	7.5 [6, 11]	0.29
MFSI_SF_vigor	10 [8.0, 13.75]	11.5 [10, 13]	0.16	15 [11.5, 15.75]	11 [6, 15.25]	0.50
MFSI_SF_total	14 [5, 23.5]	13 [1.25, 22]	0.04	9 [0.75, 25.75]	21.5 [6, 34.75]	0.09

QMG: quantitative myasthenia gravis; MGC: myasthenia gravis composite; MFSI-SF: Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory-Short Form; RMT: respiratory muscle training. Significant difference () between follow-up and baseline.