Implemental Flutter Mucus Clearance Devices on Geriatric Lung Function

Tongji University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pulmonary Disease

Treatments: Device: flutter mucus clearance device

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00881335

SHDC12007211-O

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical outcome and safety of flutter mucus clearance devices in elders of gerocomium.

Full description

Respiratory diseases are still increasing in the elderly population. The fluttering mucus clearance technique is expected to be a physical assisting therapy enhancing airway secretion clearance but needs more clinical randomized, controlled trial evidence.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 85+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• available to perform the device, the elders in geracomium
• male and female
• aging 85 years or more

Exclusion criteria

• not available to perform the procedure
• untreated pneumothorax
• diffusion interstitial lung disease
• acute coronary syndrome
• third stage hypertension
• advanced cancer
• severe heart, liver, renal, blood system and endocrine system dysfunction
• noninvasive mechanical ventilation
• active hemoptysis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

control group

No Intervention group

intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention group were given flutter valve mucus clearance devices to do pulmonary function exercise

Treatment:

Device: flutter mucus clearance device