Effect of Glossopharyngeal Versus Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercise on Pulmonary Function After Decortication Surgery

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pulmonary Disease

Treatments: Other: Glossopharyngeal breathing exercise; Other: traditional chest techniques; Other: Diaphragmatic breathing exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06518759

P.T.REC/012/003896

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will be conducted to compare between the effect of glossopharyngeal and diaphragmatic breathing exercises on pulmonary functions after decortication surgery

Full description

Lung decortication is a well-known procedure for the treatment of empyema. Persistent lung collapse and non-expansion of the lung parenchyma are frequently noticed in the postoperative period after decortications, chest physiotherapy plays a crucial role in the re-expansion of underlying parenchyma.

There is an increased flow of patients after decortication surgery to hospitals who suffer from decreased lung volumes so the hospitalization period for them increases which puts an economical burden on health insurance services with a decreased level of quality of life that is the most concern to improve patient status and relieve this burden. So this study aims to improve patient's lung volumes and arterial blood gas parameters which improves patient status through two various forms of breathing exercises.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 40 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The participant's body mass index (BMI) will be ranged from 25- 29.9 kg/m2
• The patient will receive treatment after 24 hours after decortication
• The study will be in the intensive care unit (ICU).
• The patients have unilateral lung decortication
• Their vital capacity is 70% or less.

Exclusion criteria

• Cancerous patient.
• Inability to comprehend and follow instructions as in dementia
• paralytic involvement of thorax muscle
• Abdominal diseases that affect diaphragmatic function
• Diaphragmatic paralysis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

Traditional chest techniques

Active Comparator group

Description:

the patients will receive traditional chest techniques only

Treatment:

Other: traditional chest techniques

Traditional chest techniques +Glossopharyngeal breathing exercise

Experimental group

Description:

the patients will receive traditional chest techniques and glossopharyngeal breathing exercise

Treatment:

Other: traditional chest techniques

Other: Glossopharyngeal breathing exercise

Traditional chest techniques +diaphragmatic breathing exercise

Experimental group

Description:

the patients will receive traditional chest techniques and diaphragmatic breathing exercise

Treatment:

Other: Diaphragmatic breathing exercise

Other: traditional chest techniques