Fig. 3
Indices of peripheral resistance assessed before and after AD. The upper panels describe R5-R20Hz resistance of the respiratory system before (left panel) and after (right panel) a single AD session. Box and whisker plots show median, 25th and 75th percentiles, and 10th and 90th percentiles in children with CF with (dark grey) and without (light grey) bronchial congestion. The middle panel describes individual data of the 30 children: black lines for the 10 children with bronchial congestion and light grey lines for the 20 children without bronchial congestion. To better highlight individual changes of R5–20 Hz, the Y-axis is a logarithmic base 10 scale. A significant decrease in the raw value of R5–20 Hz was observed in the children with bronchial congestion (P = 0.025) whereas it was not significant in those without congestion (P = 0.327). The lower panels describe RperipheralRS computed using eRIC model before (left panel) and after (right panel) a single AD session. Box and whisker plots show median, 25th and 75th percentiles, and 10th and 90th percentiles in children with CF with (dark grey) and without (light grey) bronchial congestion. The middle panel describes individual data of the 30 children: black lines for the 10 children with bronchial congestion and light grey lines for the 20 children without bronchial congestion. To better highlight individual changes of RperipheralRS, the Y-axis is a logarithmic base 10 scale. A significant decrease in RperipheralRS (P = 0.037) is evidenced after physiotherapy in the children with bronchial congestion, which was not significant in those without congestion (P = 0.390)