Yıldız, ŞeydaAtaş Balcı, LeylaÖzkurt, Seçil2024-12-282024-12-2820222717-7491https://doi.org/10.53811/ijtcmr.1185377https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/2693222https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijtcmr/issue/73790/1185377https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/17240Objective: It was aimed to compare the effects of manual therapy (MT) and Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) on respiratory functions and postural problems of young adults in this study.Material-Method: Thirty-five volunteers were randomly allocated into IMT and MT groups. All participants received twenty minutes of IMT twice a week for four weeks. Eight sessions of manual therapy were applied to the MT group in addition to IMT. Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second (FEV1), Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), FEV1/FVC ratio, Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF), forward head posture (FHP), and thoracic hyperkyphosis were evaluated before and after the treatments.Results: Although there were significant improvements in the FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC ratio, and PEF scores of the MT group (p0.05). The comparisons of post-treatment scores of the FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC ratio, and PEF between the groups revealed greater improvements in the MT group than IMT group (pen10.53811/ijtcmr.1185377info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInspirationKyphosisManual TherapyPostureRespiratory MusclesTraditional, Complementary and Integrative MedicineArticle33160166DergiPark: 1185377