Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) and Physiotherapy

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Respiratory Disease
• Interventions: Other: Physiotherapy; Procedure: Electrical impedance tomography

• Registration Number: NCT01932567
• Lead Sponsor: Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Brief Summary

To compare the effect of different airway clearance techniques on lung ventilation by electrical impedance tomography.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-08
• Study First Submitted: 2013-08-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-08-27
• Study First Posted: 2013-08-30
• Status Verified: 2014-07
• Primary Completion: 2014-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-07-23
• Last Update Posted: 2014-07-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• >18 years old
• Surgery under anesthesia (PEP and incentive spirometry) or healthy subjects
• Intervention time before first bed lift
• Cooperative
• Can perform devices techniques correctly

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with pacemaker, implantable pumps or automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator
• Patients with pulmonary disease (acute or chronic)
• Patients with cognitive problems
• Presence of patches or wounds in EIT belt zone placement
• Patients with initial pain > 2/10
• Patients with severe obesity (BMI > 35)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Positive expiratory pressure	Physiotherapy	Use of positive expiratory pressure during 3 minutes
Positive expiratory pressure	Electrical impedance tomography	Use of positive expiratory pressure during 3 minutes
manual airway clearance technique	Physiotherapy	Use of manual airway clearance technique during 3 minutes
Incentive spirometry	Physiotherapy	Use of incentive spirometry during 3 minutes
Incentive spirometry	Electrical impedance tomography	Use of incentive spirometry during 3 minutes
manual airway clearance technique	Electrical impedance tomography	Use of manual airway clearance technique during 3 minutes

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Regional lung ventilation measured by Electrical impedance tomography	Recording by electrical impedance tomography will be performed during 30 minutes

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Clinique universitaire Saint-Luc; 🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc; 🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium