Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00881335
Implemental Flutter Mucus Clearance Devices on Geriatric Lung Function
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Tongji University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 85 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical outcome and safety of flutter mucus clearance devices in elders of gerocomium.
Detailed description
Respiratory diseases are still increasing in the elderly population. The fluttering mucus clearance technique is expected to be a physical assisting therapy enhancing airway secretion clearance but needs more clinical randomized, controlled trial evidence.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | flutter mucus clearance device | five minutes every sessions, three sessions per day |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2009-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2009-05-01
- Completion
- 2009-05-01
- First posted
- 2009-04-15
- Last updated
- 2012-06-29
- Results posted
- 2012-06-20
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00881335. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.