Chest physiotherapy compared to no chest physiotherapy for cystic fibrosis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Warnock, Louise ^a   Gates, Alison ^a   van der Schans, Cees P ^b  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TRACER;

AUTOGENIC DRAINAGE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHEST CLAPPING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CORNET; COST; COUGHING; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRY WEIGHT; FLUTTER; FORCED EXPIRATION TECHNIQUE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MUCUS SECRETION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL OSCILLATION; OSCILLATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERCUSSION; POSITIVE EXPIRATORY PRESSURE BREATHING; POSTURAL DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACIC OSCILLATION; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VIBRATION; WEIGHT; WELLBEING; WET WEIGHT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MUCUS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; SECRETION (PROCESS); METHODOLOGY;

COUGH; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRAINAGE, POSTURAL; HUMANS; MUCUS; PERCUSSION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY THERAPY;

EID: 84893226375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001401.pub2     Document Type: Review

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