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Document Type : Article In Journal 
Document Title :
Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Asthmatic Children
برنامج تأهيلي للأطفال المصابين بالربو الشعبي
 
Document Language : English 
Abstract : Bronchial asthma is characterized by persistent air way inflammation that is associated with increased air way responsiveness, airway limitation and respiratory symptoms as wheezing, coughing and dyspnea. Rehabilitation programs are recommended and widely applied for asthmatic patients, so exercise prescription is a keystone of these programs. The objective of this study was to investigate the efficiency of a pulmonary rehabilitation program on asthmatic children. Twenty eight children were selected from the Out-patient Clinic of Abbasia Chest Hospital, with age ranging from 7 to 10 years. They were subdivided into two matching groups: A study group included 16 children (9 females and 7 males) and a control group, which included 12 children (6 females and 6 males). For both groups, pulmonary function tests in the form of forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1), maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV) and peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) were done for all patients before and after one month of treatment. Treatment was carried out in autumn after one month from the start of the academic year. For both groups, corticosteroid therapy and the traditional physical therapy modalities were administered, in the form of localized deep breathing exercises with frequent coughing and postural drainage according to the affected lobe. For the study group, an incentive spirometry was added. The groups did not differ in all parameters before the study (P > 0.05). A statistically significant change was found in pulmonary function measures in the experimental group versus the control. It can be concluded that pulmonary programs could improve quality of life and pulmonary functions, so these programs should be placed as a component in management of asthmatic children. 
ISSN : 1658-1598 
Journal Name : Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University 
Volume : 6 
Issue Number : 2 
Publishing Year : 1422 AH
2001 AD 
Article Type : Article 
Added Date : Sunday, July 4, 2010 

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Researcher Name (Arabic)Researcher Name (English)Researcher TypeDr GradeEmail
خالد أحمد ممدوحMamdouh, Khaled AhmedResearcherDoctoratekh_mamdouh@live.com
شادية عبد العزيز محمدMohamed, Shadia Abdel-AzizResearcherDoctorate 

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