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Symptom scores and demographic variables were obtained from a questionnaire.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>After the treatment period, symptoms had decreased in 22\/28 (79%) participants. Mean overall CLE score had improved after treatment (p&lt;0.001), with the scores becoming normal in five athletes but worse in two. Most of the improvement was explained by changes at the glottic laryngeal level (p=0.009). Ergospirometric variables revealed significantly higher peak minute ventilation explained by higher tidal volumes and were otherwise unchanged.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This explorative study underlines the heterogeneous treatment response of EILO and suggests that IMT may become an efficient conservative treatment tool in subgroups, possibly contributing to better control of the vocal folds. 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