NCT03341585

Influence of Expiration Lente Prolongée on Gastro-oesophageal Reflux

Influence of Expiration Lente Prolongée on Gastro-oesopageal Reflux in Infants Under the Age of 1 Year

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 55 (actual)
• Sponsor: Vrije Universiteit Brussel · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Day – 365 Days
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a specific airway clearance technique, l'Expiration Lente Prolongée (ELPr), induces or aggravates gastro-oesophageal reflux in infants under the age of one year. Infants referred to hospital for a multichannel intraluminal impedance pH (pH-MII) monitoring are included in this study. Participation is only possible after signing the informal consent by one of the parents.

Conditions

• Gastro-esophageal Reflux

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	expiration lente prolongée	l'Expiration Lente Prolongée (ELPr) is a passive technique to enhance the expiration used in infants, obtained by a slow and increasing manual thoraco-abdominal pression applied at the end of a spontaneous expiration till the residual volume. The aim is to obtain a bigger expired volume compared to a normal expiration and drain the mucus out of the airways (Postiaux 2003). This technique has been invented by Guy Postiaux and is used in the Chest Physiotherapy (CPT).

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-07
• Primary completion: 2020-12-15
• Completion: 2020-12-15
• First posted: 2017-11-14
• Last updated: 2020-12-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium