Physiological Effects of Expiration With the Glottis Open in Lateral Posture (ELTGOL) and Flutter Valve in Patients With Bronchiectasis

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Status: Completed

Conditions: Bronchiectasis

Treatments: Other: Control; Other: Flutter valve; Other: expiration with the glottis open in lateral posture (ELTGOL)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01300403

02/2009

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to evaluate the acute physiological effects of expiration with the glottis open in lateral posture (ELTGOL) and Flutter valve in dynamic and static lung volumes in patients with bronchiectasis and, secondarily, to study the effect of these techniques in sputum production.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients with clinical and radiological criteria of bronchiectasis

Exclusion criteria

• heart failure
• pneumonia
• chest pain
• inability to perform the procedures
• asthma
• cystic fibrosis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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10 participants in 3 patient groups

FLUTTER

Experimental group

Description:

Since this was a crossover study, all patients performed all interventions in a randomized order.

Treatment:

Other: Flutter valve

ELTGOL

Experimental group

Description:

Since this was a crossover study, all patients performed all interventions in a randomized order.

Treatment:

Other: expiration with the glottis open in lateral posture (ELTGOL)

CONTROL

Active Comparator group

Description:

Since this was a crossover study, all patients performed all interventions in a randomized order.

Treatment:

Other: Control