Acapella With Nebulization in Normal Subjects

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Other: Acapella with nebulization

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01102166

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Background:

Devices used to facilitate mucus mobilization have been target of several controversies and mainly a few scientific studies that endorse the use of those equipments. According to the principle of acapella® device, it should be used concomitant with nebulization aiming to optimize its performance in bronchial hygiene.

Aims: To assess the effect of acapella® device application in the radioaerosol regional pulmonary deposition through pulmonary scintigraphy in normal subjects.

Materials and method: 10 health individuals, males and mean age of 24,4 ± 2,2 years participated in this study during the three phases of this research: 1st phase were done with nebulization through acapella® device, attached in the final branch according to manufacturer recommendation; in 2nd phase a ¨T¨tube connector were adapted, being nebulizer attached to the mouthpiece and in 3rd phase nebulization were performance through the mouthpiece as routinely used in aerosoltherapy.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 18 and 65 years
• Performed spirometry
• According to the criteria of the Guidelines for Pulmonary Function-2002 published by the official organ of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of pulmonary pathology;
• Neurological diseases and body temperature greater than 37 º C during the initial evaluation and during intervention
• Respiratory rate (RR) greater than 35ipm.