Positive expiratory pressure via mask does not improve ventilation inhomogeneity more than huffing and coughing in individuals with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic sputum expectoration

Respiration

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-44

  Osadnik, Christian ^a   Stuart Andrews, Christopher ^b   Ellis, Samantha ^b   Thompson, Bruce ^c   McDonald, Christine F ^d   Holland, Anne E ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Allergy Immunology and Respiratory Medicine Alfred Health ^*  (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway clearance; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Physical therapy modalities; Positive expiratory pressure; Ventilation heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; OXYGEN MASK; OXYGEN TENSION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SPIROMETRY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; COUGH; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84895067779     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000348546     Document Type: Article

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