Effect of pelvic floor muscle combined with pulmonary rehabilitation training on lung function in elderly patients after surgery for intertrochanteric fractures of the femur: a randomized controlled trial

Table 3 Comparison of diaphragm function between the two groups before and after intervention

Index	Number of cases	Groups	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	P-value
DTei(mm)	24	Control	2.54 ± 0.12	2.75 ± 0.13*	< 0.001
	23	Experimental	2.52 ± 0.12	2.90 ± 0.12*^▲	< 0.001
		P-value	0.581	0.001
DTee(mm)	24	Control	2.06 ± 0.10	2.17 ± 0.11*	< 0.001
	23	Experimental	2.09 ± 0.12	2.19 ± 0.13*	< 0.001
		P-value	0.368	0.615
DTF(%)	24	Control	23.60 ± 5.83	26.98 ± 5.51*	0.001
	23	Experimental	20.95 ± 3.96	32.60 ± 5.50*^▲	< 0.001
		P-value	0.07	0.001
DE(mm)	24	Control	19.40 ± 0.97	22.89 ± 1.11*	< 0.001
	23	Experimental	19.63 ± 1.31	25.26 ± 1.03*^▲	< 0.001
		P-value	0.502	< 0.001

^*Indicates that there were significant differences between groups after and before the intervention, ▲ indicating that there were significant differences between groups compared with the combined training group

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