NCT01300403

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

Acute Physiological Effects of Expiration With the Glottis Open in Lateral Posture (ELTGOL) and Flutter Valve in Dynamic and Static Pulmonary Volumes of Patients With Bronchiectasis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Bronchiectasis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Flutter valve	Flutter valve is a physiotherapy device commonly used for the treatment of pulmonary hypersecretive conditions. The patients is taught to exhale through the device, producing positive expiratory pressure and flow oscillations. In this study the intervention took 15 minutes. During this period the patients were free to cough.
OTHER	expiration with the glottis open in lateral posture (ELTGOL)	This technique is a maneuver of slow expiration with the glottis open, with the subject in lateral posture. The patients performed three sets of 10 repetitions in left and right lateral decubitus.
OTHER	Control	Patients were instructed to stay comfortably seated during 15 minutes. After this period they were stimulated to cough during a five minutes period.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-06-01
• Primary completion: 2010-08-01
• Completion: 2010-08-01
• First posted: 2011-02-21
• Last updated: 2011-02-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil