Manual Therapy in Patients With Asthma

University of Granada (UGR)

Status: Suspended

Conditions: Asthma

Treatments: Other: Placebo; Other: Diaphragm stretching

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02047370

DF0046UG

Details and patient eligibility

About

Physical therapists have traditionally included various forms of manual therapy among the therapeutic approaches to respiratory conditions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of diaphragmatic stretching technique on pulmonary ventilation, rig bage excursion and spirometric values in patients diagnosed with asthma.

Full description

Asthma is a chronic lung disease involving an inflammation and a narrowing of the airways. Asthma causes wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing.

A variety of manual therapies are commonly used to treat patients with asthma. There is a need to conduct studies in order to examine the effects of manual therapies on clinically relevant outcomes. Techniques aim to increase movement in the rib cage and the spine to try and improve the working of the lungs and circulation.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ranging between 18 and 45 years.
• Diagnosis of asthma.
• No exacerbations during last month.

Exclusion criteria

• History of spine surgery.
• Diabetes, neurological or a cardiovascular disease.
• Spine deformities and use of orthopedic devices.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Diaphragm stretching

Experimental group

Description:

30 Patients with asthma are included in this group. They will receive a diaphragm stretching technique

Treatment:

Other: Diaphragm stretching

Placebo group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Ultrasound disconnected in same position and with the same duration.

Treatment:

Other: Placebo