Effects of Chest Expansion Exercises on Thoracic Expansion and VO2 Max in Children With Chest Burn

Burns are a kind of injury that can occur to the skin or other tissues. Acute trauma can be brought on by heat, electricity, chemicals, friction, radiation, or other factors. Burns are a kind of injury that can occur to the skin or other tissues. Acute trauma can be brought on by heat, electricity, chemicals, friction, radiation, or other factors. Burn are many types of burn Flames (flame burns), hot solids (contact burns), or hot liquids (scalds). Sitting out of bed, passive motions, and active/assisted exercises were frequent physiotherapy therapies in the intensive care unit. After a burn injury, exercise training serves as a significant and useful technique for achieving physical health. The objective of this study is to check the effect of chest expansion exercises by using stretch pole on chest expansion and VO2 max in children with chest burn. This study will be a Quasi-Experimental study .Data will be collected from Jinnah Burn Centre, Lahore. Data will be collected within 6 month from approval date of synopsis. Sample size is 33. Non-probability convenience sampling technique will be used in this study. Thoracic expansion will be measured by inch tape and vo2 max will be calculated by using a formula. Routine physiotherapy will be provided to the subjects routinely with chest expansion exercises. In routine physiotherapy, Range of motion exercises, Soft tissue massage, positioning to prevent the pressure sores will be provided for almost 20 minutes. The chest expansion exercises will be provided to the patients by using stretch pole for 20 minutes. All the interventions will be given to patients for 5 days in a week on daily basis for 3 weeks