MANUAL DIAPHRAGM RELEASE TECHNIQUE INCREASES TIDAL VOLUME IN ELDERLY

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy
• Interventions: Other: The manual diaphragm release technique; Other: Sham manual diaphragm release technique

• Registration Number: NCT01953185
• Lead Sponsor: Daniella Cunha Brandao

Brief Summary

Question: Does manual diaphragm release change kinematics and respiratory function of elderly subjects? Design: Randomized controlled trial with concealed allocation and double-blinding.

Participants: 17 volunteers over 60 years old randomized into two groups: 09 in the Control Group (CG) and 08 in the Intervention Group (IG).

Intervention: The manual diaphragm release technique was used on the IG, in two sets of ten deep breaths, with a one minute interval between them. The CG underwent a sham protocol (light touch), with same sets and time of interval.

Outcome measures: The groups were evaluated using spirometry, manovacuometry and optoelectronic plethysmography (OEP), in that order, before and immediately after the intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-01
• Primary Completion: 2011-01
• Study Completion: 2011-12
• Status Verified: 2012-12
• Study First Submitted: 2013-09-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-09-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-09-27
• Study First Posted: 2013-09-30
• Last Update Posted: 2013-09-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 17

Inclusion Criteria

• over 60 years of age;
• a body mass index (BMI) below 30 kg/m2
• non-smokers, self-declared sedentary;
• presenting a forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) greater than or equal to 80% of predicted;
• the ratio between these variables (FEV1/FVC) greater than 70% in spirometry

Exclusion Criteria

• Showed the inability to understand verbal commands in the evaluation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Manual diaphragm release technique	The manual diaphragm release technique	-
Control group	Sham manual diaphragm release technique	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Compartmental chest wall volume	1 day

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pulmonary function	1 day

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; 🇧🇷 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil