Influence of Chest and Diaphragm Manual Therapy on the Spirometry Parameters in Patients with Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Study

Table 2

Spirometric parameters before and after sham/actual therapy ().

	Sham therapy			Actual therapy			ANOVA
	B1	T1	T3	B2	T1bis	T3bis
FVC (L)							10.25	<0.001
PEF (L)							1.85	0.109
FEV1 (L)							6.94	<0.001
FEV1/FVC (absolute value)							0.229	0.95

Significant difference in Bonferroni method from B2 (). B: baseline before sham therapy; T1: after first sham therapy; T3: after third sham therapy; B2: baseline before actual therapy; T1bis: after first actual therapy; T3bis: after third actual therapy; FVC: forced vital capacity; FEV₁: forced expiratory volume in one second; PEF: peak expiratory flow.