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

Table 3

Spirometric parameter % of predicted value (including age, height, and sex) before and after sham/actual therapy ().

	Sham therapy			Actual therapy			ANOVA
	B1	T1	T3	B2	T1bis	T3bis
FVC (%)							7.64	<0.001
PEF (%)							0.26	0.93
FEV1 (%)							4.03	0.002
FEV1/FVC (%)							1.022	0.41

Significant difference in Bonferroni method from B2 (). B1: 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.