Use the Back button in your browser to see the other results of your search or to select another record.

Detailed Search Results

Short-term effects of chest physiotherapy in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Basri R, Tahir M, Naseem M
Journal of Medical Sciences (Peshawar) 2017 Jul;25(3):323-327
clinical trial
3/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: Yes; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: No; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: No; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

OBJECTIVE: To find out the short-term effects of chest physiotherapy in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) MATERIAL AND METHODS: The total 60 patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were randomly allocated into two groups, experimental group (n = 30) treated with active chest physiotherapy techniques along with medical treatment and control group (n = 30) treated with only medical treatment. Both groups were assessed using visual analogue scale (VAS) for breathlessness, peak expiratory flow rates (PEFR) and oxygen saturation level (SaO2) before and after 2 weeks treatment program. RESULTS: Patients in both the groups reported significant improvement after 2 weeks of treatment program compared to baseline on all outcome measures except PEFR that was not significantly improved in control group. Compared to control group, experimental group showed more improvement on PEFR (p < 0.05), SaO2 (p > 0.05) and on VAS for breathlessness (p < 0.05). It was about three times better results over the control group. CONCLUSION: Active chest physiotherapy technique along with medical treatment is more effective in acute exacerbation of COPD than medical treatment alone.

Full text (sometimes free) may be available at these link(s):      help