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Table 3 Relationships among pulmonary function, cervical endurance, and functional capacity in all patients

From: Pulmonary function in relation to muscle endurance and functional capacity in children with bronchial asthma

Variables

Cervical flexion test (°)

6MWT (m)

rs

rs

VC (%)

0.682*

0.678*

FEV1 (%)

0.924*

0.917*

FEV1/FVC (%)

0.694*

0.737*

PEF (%)

0.794*

0.788*

  1. VC: vital capacity, FEV1: forced expiratory volume in the first second, FEV1/FVC: ratio of the forced expiratory volume in the first second to the forced vital capacity, PEF: peak expiratory flow, °: degree, 6MWT: six-minute walking test, m: meter, rs: Spearman’s Rho correlation coefficients, *: correlation is significant at the 0.05 level
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine

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