Lung function and exercise responses before and after the pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programme in the 24 lung transplantation recipients
| Pre-PR | Post-PR | Mean difference | ES | p-value | |
| FEV1 % pred | 75.4±22.0 | 76.6±22.7 | 1.2±5.2 | 0.06 | ns |
| DLCO % pred | 53.5±16.4 | 57.8±17.5 | 4.3±4.6 | 0.27 | 0.012 |
| RV/TLC % pred | 55.6±12.1 | 53.3±11.9 | −2.3±3.2 | 0.20 | 0.017 |
| Exercise data | |||||
| 6MWD m | 346±127 | 432±113 | 86±77 | 0.73 | <0.001 |
| 6MWD % pred | 51.0±17.7 | 64.0±14.7 | 13.0±10.6 | 0.81 | <0.001 |
| SpO2 baseline % | 96.5±1.4 | 97.0±1.4 | 0.5±1.5 | 0.36 | ns |
| SpO2 end-exercise % | 92.6±6.3 | 93.9±3.9 | 1.3±5.1 | 0.08 | ns |
| ΔSpO2 percentage points | −3.9±5.7 | −3.1±3.3 | 0.8±4.8 | 0.17 | ns |
| HR baseline beats·min−1 | 87±13 | 87±12 | 0±12 | 0.01 | ns |
| HR end-exercise beats·min−1 | 108±18 | 116±17 | 8±10 | 0.47 | 0.002 |
| ΔHR beats·min−1 | 21±19 | 29±14 | 8±15 | 0.49 | 0.029 |
| DSP m% | 326±124 | 406±109 | 80±63.9 | 0.70 | <0.001 |
| Unintended stop point m | 340±130 | 424±115 | 84±75.6 | 0.70 | <0.001 |
Data are presented as mean±sd, unless otherwise stated. ES: effect size; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; DLCO: diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide; RV: residual volume; TLC: total lung capacity; 6MWD: 6-min walk distance; SpO2: arterial oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximetry; HR: heart rate; DSP: distance–saturation product. Level of significance was set at p≤0.05; ns: nonsignificant.