2.4. Data Analysis
Data were analyzed using JASP (Jeffreys’s Amazing Statistics Program) version 0.16.4 (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands). Continuous variables were reported as the mean and standard deviation (SD), while categorical variables were expressed as counts and percentages. In the initial assessment of quantitative variables, we applied the Shapiro–Wilk normality test to each variable. Subsequently, we calculated the differences between the initial and final values of FVC, PCF, and MIC and assessed the normality of these differences. For variables with a normal distribution, we performed comparisons between the two groups using either the paired 