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Clinical Changes of Respiratory Parameters in Institutionalized Older Adults after a Physiotherapy Program Combining Respiratory and Musculoskeletal Exercises.
- Source :
- Healthcare (2227-9032); Sep2022, Vol. 10 Issue 9, p1680-1680, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Nowadays pulmonary diseases are an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality. Diaphragmatic breathing is a controlled-breathing technique that aims to optimize thoracoabdominal movements. The aim of this study was to apply a respiratory and musculoskeletal physiotherapy program in institutionalized older adults and to assess the effects on their pulmonary function tests and oxygen saturation. A randomized double-blind clinical trial was conducted with thirty institutionalized older adults, randomly assigned to a control group (CG), who conducted musculoskeletal exercises; or an experimental group (EG) who, in addition, carried out diaphragmatic breathing, administered for eight weeks, three times/week. Outcomes were pulmonary function variables (forced vital capacity, FVC; forced expired volume at 1 s, FEV1; the FEV1/FVC ratio) and oxygen saturation (SpO<subscript>2</subscript>) before and after treatment. Normality of the distributions was tested with Saphiro-Wilk and the pre-post improvement was assessed with a two-sample Mann-Whitney test. Significance level was corrected for multiple comparisons using Benjamini-Hochberg correction (p < 0.04). There was a clinically significant improvement of FVC and FEV1 for the EG. Moreover, the EG showed a statistically significant increase of SpO<subscript>2</subscript> (p = 0.028) after treatment when compared to CG. A physiotherapy program combining breathing and musculoskeletal exercises, improved respiratory parameters in institutionalized older adults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MEDICAL rehabilitation
MUSCULOSKELETAL system diseases
EVALUATION of human services programs
CONFIDENCE intervals
PHYSICAL therapy
LUNG diseases
BREATHING exercises
ANTHROPOMETRY
OXYGEN saturation
PULSE oximetry
MANN Whitney U Test
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
VITAL capacity (Respiration)
T-test (Statistics)
PRE-tests & post-tests
PULMONARY function tests
HOSPITAL care of older people
BLIND experiment
RESIDENTIAL care
FORCED expiratory volume
QUESTIONNAIRES
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
INTRACLASS correlation
STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
STATISTICAL sampling
SPIROMETRY
DATA analysis software
LONGITUDINAL method
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279032
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Healthcare (2227-9032)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159275211
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091680