MANUAL DIAPHRAGM RELEASE TECHNIQUE INCREASES TIDAL VOLUME IN ELDERLY

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