NCT07070271

Effect of Neurophysiological Facilitation of Respiration on Blood Gases and Hospital Stay in Children With Pneumonia

Effect of Neurophysiological Facilitation of Respiration on Blood Gases and Duration of Hospitalization in Children With Pneumonia

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Asmaa Ahmed Abd El-samad · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Months – 2 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the effect of respiratory neurophysiological facilitation techniques on arterial blood gases, the severity of respiratory illness and duration of hospital stay in hospitalized children with pneumonia.

Detailed description

Children who were hospitalized with a clinically and radiologically confirmed diagnosis of pneumonia will participate in this study. Selected Patients will be randomly assigned into two groups of equal number. One group will only receive conventional chest physical therapy program in form of (postural drainage, chest percussion, vibration and suction if needed). The other group will receive conventional chest physical therapy program along with respiratory neurophysiological facilitation techniques in form of (anterior basal lift, intercostal stretch, abdominal co-contraction). All patients will receive the treatment program once a day for successive 5 days.

Conditions

• Pneumonia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Respiratory neurophysiological facilitation techniques	The respiratory neurophysiological facilitation techniques in form of (anterior basal lift, intercostal stretch, abdominal co-contraction) once a day for 5 days.
OTHER	conventional chest physical therapy	conventional chest physical therapy program in form of (postural drainage, chest percussion, vibration and suction if needed) once a day for 5 days.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-08-01
• Primary completion: 2025-12-01
• Completion: 2025-12-01
• First posted: 2025-07-17
• Last updated: 2025-07-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt