Fig 1.
Study flow diagram using the CONSORT 2010 standard.
Fig 2.
Lung function testing was performed morning (AM) and afternoon (PM) at each visit. Chest physiotherapy (CPT) was performed immediately prior to afternoon measurements at visit 2 and prior to both morning and afternoon measurements at visit 3.
Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the participants (n = 8) at the first morning study visit.
Fig 3.
Difference in LCI between morning and afternoon.
Lines represent each individual. N = 8. Average of the morning LCI’s compared to the afternoon LCI’s (Fig 3A), average of the two morning LCI’s with no prior CPT compared to the one afternoon LCI with no prior CPT (Fig 3B), and the one morning LCI with prior CPT compared to the average of the two afternoon LCI’s with prior CPT (Fig 3C).
Fig 4.
Difference in LCI between measurements with no prior CPT compared to measurements with prior CPT.
Lines represent each individual. N = 8. Average of LCI’s with no prior CPT compared to LCI’s with prior CPT (Fig 4A), average of the two morning LCI’s with no prior CPT compared to the one morning LCI with prior CPT (Fig 4B), the one afternoon LCI with no prior CPT compared to the average of the two afternoon LCI’s with prior CPT (Fig 4C).
Table 2.
The overall mean values and the estimated effect of time-of-day (Day) and chest physiotherapy (CPT) on N2MBW and spirometry.