NCT02515565

Physiotherapy in Patients Hospitalized Due to Pneumonia.

Effects of a Physiotherapy Program in Patients Hospitalized Due to Pneumonia

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Granada · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Acute respiratory infections are the fourth cause of hospitalization in elderly. Various studies have examined the impact of hospitalization in patients with respiratory pathology, showing the need of interventions in order to reduce the impact of hospitalization. The objective of this study is to examine whether a physical therapy intervention can reduce impairment in patients hospitalized due to pneumonia.

Detailed description

Acute respiratory infections are the fourth cause of hospitalization in elderly. Hospital admissions due to pneumonia range from the 1.1 and 4 per 1,000 patients, increasing with age. Hospitalization causes a decline in physical and functional status. Physical impairment involves a higher risk of disability and mortality in elderly people. Various studies have examined the impact of hospitalization in patients with respiratory pathology, and it has been shown that hospitalization implies a significant physical impairment in patients admitted for pneumonia showing that this deterioration increases with age. That highlights the need of interventions in order to reduce the impact of hospitalization. The objective of this study is to examine whether a physical therapy intervention can reduce impairment in patients hospitalized due to pneumonia.

Conditions

• Pneumonia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	cephalosporin with or without erythromycin	Second- or third-generation cephalosporin (cefuroxime, cefotaxime, or ceftriaxone) with or without erythromycin, given parenterally; parenteral therapy should continue until the patient has been afebrile for more than 24 hours and oxygen saturation exceeds 95 percent.
OTHER	Physiotherapy program	The physiotherapy treatment will be performed during the hospitalization, every day during 45-60 minutes added to the standard medical treatment. I will include breathing exercises, electrostimulation in quadriceps with voluntary contraction and exercises with theraband.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-09-01
• Primary completion: 2018-04-01
• Completion: 2018-07-01
• First posted: 2015-08-04
• Last updated: 2018-07-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain