Table 3 Changes in pulmonary function, 6-minute walk test, and health-related quality of life before and after 12 weeks of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with interstitial lung disease vs. chest Wall disease

40.3 ± 10.3

38.4 ± 13.5

36.3 ± 13.0

40.5 ± 11.6^{b, c}

32.7 ± 8.6

37.0 ± 14.5

28.0 ± 8.5

28.3 ± 7.4

45.6 ± 11.8

43.8 ± 18.2

40.9 ± 15.8

45.9 ± 15.2^a

35.3 ±11.3

44.2 ± 20.2

31.9 ± 8.6

33.3 ± 8.0

81.8 ± 6.8

84.4 ±7.9

82.3 ± 9.7

81.0 ±11.8

88.8 ± 10.6

82.2 ± 8.1

83.8 ± 9.7

86.6 ± 9.1

385.2 ± 82.6

355.3 ± 85.0

352.3 ± 52.8

399.5 ± 45.1^a

318.2 ± 122.4

288.0 ± 99.3

395.0 ± 99.9

412.8 ± 109.8

94.3/ 78.7

93.1/ 78.6

96.0/80.5

96.3/83.1

94.8/ 77.3

93.3/ 73.3

91.3/72.6

92.4/74.1

0.9/ 5.1

1.5/5.8

1.7/ 5.5

0.8/4.8

2.0/ 5.8

1.7/5.8

1.1/ 5.3

0.8/5.0

47.6 ± 21.5^c

42.1 ± 19.3^c

61.7 ± 16.6^e

29.5 ± 19^b,e

50.3 ± 5.8^d

64.1 ± 0.2^d

53.7 ± 5.8^f

45.9 ± 5.6^a,f

62.2 ± 21.5

73.7 ± 12.8

61.4 ± 27.4

53.5 ± 23.2

59.5 ± 0.0

66.4 ± 18.8

43.9 ± 17.6

36.5 ± 22.0

29.3 ± 13.6

43.9 ± 19.2

48.3 ± 25.3

30.0 ± 25.3^a

32.9 ± 16.7

58.0 ± 38.9

21.2 ± 11.7

13.5 ± 12.2

42.3 ± 16.0

52.6 ± 14.0

54.5 ± 21.3

37.0 ± 21.1^a

43.8 ± 9.8

61.6 ± 26.4

32.2 ± 10.0

21.3 ± 11.5^a