Change of Pulmonary Function After Incentive Spirometer Training in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Yonsei University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Treatments

Behavioral: Incentive spirometer training

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02406404

1-2013-0031

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was designed to examine the effect of incentive spirometry in pulmonary rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy. The incentive spirometer, a device that can help improve breathing and strengthen inspiratory muscles. If the patient assigned to training group, the subjects started to respiratory muscle strengthening exercise using incentive spirometry. The training was performed ten sessions daily, for 4 weeks. Respiratory function tests including forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in 1 second, Peak cough flow, maximal phonation time were compared before interventions and at the end of exercise.

Enrollment

35 patients

Sex

All

Ages

4 to 18 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

male or female, 4 to 18 years
patients who are committed to comply with protocol-required procedures
GMFCS (Gross motor function classification system) level II, III, IV
Stable medical condition in the investigator's opinion
Acceptable chest radiologic result who has no evidence of pulmonary disease

Exclusion criteria

Any uncontrolled clinically significant medical condition other than the one under study
Patients with cognitive impairment who are unable to comply with protocol-required procedure
Patients with presence or history of tracheostomy
Patients who are taking medications that can affect respiratory function