Tai-Chi-Chuan Exercise Improves Pulmonary Function and Decreases Exhaled Nitric Oxide Level in Both Asthmatic and Nonasthmatic Children and Improves Quality of Life in Children with Asthma
Table 3
Results of pulmonary function and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO).
Parameters
Group
Subgroup
0 wk
12 wk
value
FEV1 (% of predicted)
Asthma
TCC
89.2 ± 9.1
94.5 ± 14.6
0.03
No TCC
94.0 ± 17
94.6 ± 17.4
0.57
Nonasthma
TCC
92.7 ± 15.0
95.1 ± 17.1
0.44
No TCC
90.6 ± 15.1
89.6 ± 16.8
0.65
FVC (% of predicted)
Asthma
TCC
92.4 ± 14.9
94.4 ± 18
0.32
No TCC
96.81 ± 20.5
99.4 ± 21.3
0.09
Nonasthma
TCC
93.2 ± 14.7
93.2 ± 14.8
0.62
No TCC
90.6 ± 15.2
88.1 ± 17.1
0.16
FEV1/FVC
Asthma
TCC
91.3 ± 7.9
94.5 ± 6.2
0.016
No TCC
91.1 ± 6.7
89 ± 5.8
0.07
Nonasthma
93.3 ± 6.4
97.2 ± 4.4
0.026
No
93.4 ± 7.6
94.6 ± 4.7
0.46
PEFR
Asthma
TCC
194.1 ± 59.6
250.2 ± 64.7
<0.0001
No
186.3 ± 35.0
183.4 ± 32.9
0.55
Nonasthma
TCC
197.7 ± 44.7
225.0 ± 47.1
0.0007
No TCC
189.1 ± 44.3
191.8 ± 49.2
0.52
FeNO
Asthma
TCC
57.4 ± 30.7
35.6 ± 21.6
<0.0001
No TCC
39.2 ± 14.9
36.1 ± 13
0.40
Nonasthma
40.2 ± 25.1
30.6 ± 21.7
0.002
No
26.6 ± 17.4
31 ± 24.4
0.10
All values are expressed as mean ± SD. All the comparisons were obtained by paired -test with 0 wk values or Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank test depending on the distribution of the data. values were obtained from the difference among groups. are not assumed to be Gaussian distribution.
