MANUAL DIAPHRAGM RELEASE TECHNIQUE INCREASES TIDAL VOLUME AND UPPER RIB CAGE CONTRIBUTION DURING QUIET BREATHING IN ELDERLY: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Sponsor
- Daniella Cunha Brandao
- Enrollment
- 17
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Compartmental chest wall volume
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 12 years ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Daniella Cunha Brandao
PhD
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Eligibility Criteria
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.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Compartmental chest wall volume
Time Frame: 1 day
Secondary Outcomes
- Pulmonary function(1 day)