Effects of a program of hospital-supervised chest physical therapy on lung function tests in children with chronic respiratory disease: 1-year follow-up.
Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol
; 20(4): 841-5, 2007.
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ABSTRACT
To investigate whether a hospital-supervised program of chest physical therapy improves lung function in children with chronic pulmonary diseases, twenty-four children (4 with Kartagener?s syndrome, 12 with common variable immunodeficiency, and 8 with primary ciliary dyskinesia) average age 11.2 +/- 3.2 years, were randomly assigned to a one-month hospital-supervised program of chest physical therapy (13 patients) or to a control group (11 patients) that continued unsupervised chest physical therapy at home. Lung function was assessed before the program, and one and 12 months after. At the one-month assessment, thoracic gas volume was significantly lower in the supervised group than in the controls. At the one-year assessment, forced expiratory volume in one second was significantly higher in the supervised group than in controls. A supervised program of chest physical therapy significantly improved lung function in children with chronic pulmonary diseases.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças Respiratórias
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Modalidades de Fisioterapia
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol
Assunto da revista:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
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FARMACOLOGIA
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PATOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália