NCT00884429

Effectiveness of Chest Physiotherapy in Infants With Acute Viral Bronchiolitis

Effectiveness of Chest Physiotherapy Actual Versus Conventional Techniques in Infants With Acute Viral Bronchiolitis. Random Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 33 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital Sirio-Libanes · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 28 Days – 24 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to verify the effectiveness of chest physiotherapy (actual versus conventional) on respiratory distress in infants with acute viral bronchiolitis.

Detailed description

The infants were random in three groups: Conventional techniques, actual techniques and suction of upper airways On the first two groups the infants were evaluated on admission,48,72hours and before hospital discharge. On third group was evaluated only on admission when SRV was collected. Respiratory distress was evaluated with Wang's score by the physiotherapists and nurses not participating in the research.

Conditions

• Viral Bronchiolitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Chest physiotherapy - Conventional	Percussion Postural Drainage and thorax compression
PROCEDURE	Chest physiotherapy - actual techniques	Slow prolonged expiration and clearance rhinopharynx retrograde
PROCEDURE	3-Airway suction	Airway suction

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-04-01
• Primary completion: 2010-04-01
• Completion: 2010-04-01
• First posted: 2009-04-20
• Last updated: 2012-08-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil