IMPACT OF SOFT TISSUE MANIPULATION VERSUS CHEST PHYSIOTHERAPY ON DIAPHRAGMATIC EXCURSION IN ASTHMATIC PATIENTS
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Respiratory
- Registration Number
- PACTR201604001538133
- Lead Sponsor
- mostafa mohamed shams
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Subjects meeting the following criteria will be enrolled in this study:
1.Their age ranges from 35 to 45years
2.All of them have mild to moderate asthma (60 %< FEV1<90%). (Gene,2004)
3- They experienced the symptoms at least 12 months ago
4. All subjects will be under medical control, receiving their prescribed medications.
Exclusion Criteria
- Any other chest diseases
- Major cardiovascular problems.
- Recent heart surgery.
- Uncontrolled hypertension.
- Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.
- Subject unwilling to participate in the study or unable to cooperate.
-osteoporoses
- Major neurological problems; stroke, epileptic patients.
- History of fractures of vertebrae
- History of cerebro-vascular accident.
- Recent surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Asthma control questionnaire
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expired Volume in one second (FEV1), the ratio of FEV1 and FVC (FEV1%), Peak expiratory flow (PEF