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MANUAL DIAPHRAGM RELEASE TECHNIQUE INCREASES TIDAL VOLUME IN ELDERLY

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Daniella Cunha Brandao

Status

Completed

Conditions

Healthy

Treatments

Other: Sham manual diaphragm release technique
Other: The manual diaphragm release technique

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01953185
taciano01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Question: Does manual diaphragm release change kinematics and respiratory function of elderly subjects? Design: Randomized controlled trial with concealed allocation and double-blinding.

Participants: 17 volunteers over 60 years old randomized into two groups: 09 in the Control Group (CG) and 08 in the Intervention Group (IG).

Intervention: The manual diaphragm release technique was used on the IG, in two sets of ten deep breaths, with a one minute interval between them. The CG underwent a sham protocol (light touch), with same sets and time of interval.

Outcome measures: The groups were evaluated using spirometry, manovacuometry and optoelectronic plethysmography (OEP), in that order, before and immediately after the intervention.

Enrollment

17 patients

Sex

All

Ages

60 to 68 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • over 60 years of age;
  • a body mass index (BMI) below 30 kg/m2
  • non-smokers, self-declared sedentary;
  • presenting a forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) greater than or equal to 80% of predicted;
  • the ratio between these variables (FEV1/FVC) greater than 70% in spirometry

Exclusion criteria

  • Showed the inability to understand verbal commands in the evaluation.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

17 participants in 2 patient groups

Manual diaphragm release technique
Experimental group
Treatment:
Other: The manual diaphragm release technique
Control group
Sham Comparator group
Treatment:
Other: Sham manual diaphragm release technique

Trial contacts and locations

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