Effects of Manual Therapy in Patients With Asthma
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 暂停
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Forced vital capacity
研究概览
简要总结
Physical therapists have traditionally included various forms of manual therapy among the therapeutic approaches to respiratory conditions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of diaphragmatic stretching technique on pulmonary ventilation, rig bage excursion and spirometric values in patients diagnosed with asthma.
详细描述
Asthma is a chronic lung disease involving an inflammation and a narrowing of the airways. Asthma causes wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing.
A variety of manual therapies are commonly used to treat patients with asthma. There is a need to conduct studies in order to examine the effects of manual therapies on clinically relevant outcomes. Techniques aim to increase movement in the rib cage and the spine to try and improve the working of the lungs and circulation.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 45 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Age ranging between 18 and 45 years.
- •Diagnosis of asthma.
- •No exacerbations during last month.
排除标准
- •History of spine surgery.
- •Diabetes, neurological or a cardiovascular disease.
- •Spine deformities and use of orthopedic devices.
结局指标
主要结局
Forced vital capacity
时间窗: Baseline, 7 days
The amount of air which can be forcibly exhaled from the lungs after taking the deepest breath possible. It is going to be measured using a spirometer as recommended by the American Thoracic Society.
次要结局
- Abdominal Kinematics(baseline, 7 days)
- Airway diffusing capacity(baseline, 7 days)
- Forced expiratory volume in the first second(baseline, 7 days)
- Rib cage excursion(baseline, 7 days)
研究者
Marie Carmen Valenza
assistant professor
Universidad de Granada