Vest Chest Physiotherapy Airway Clearance is Associated with Nitric Oxide Metabolism

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="291375.fig.002a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/pm/volume-2013/291375/figures/291375.fig.002a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>  Normal subjects</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="291375.fig.002b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/pm/volume-2013/291375/figures/291375.fig.002b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b> CF subjects</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table><i>Nasal saccharin transit time (NSTT) after vest chest physiotherapy (VCPT). </i>(a) All but one normal subject demonstrated a decrease in NSTT following vest therapy. (b) All CF subjects except one sustained a decrease in NSTT after VCPT when compared to pretreatment values.</table>

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Figure 2: Vest Chest Physiotherapy Airway Clearance is Associated with Nitric Oxide Metabolism 