Pulmonary Rehabilitation Using Modified Threshold Inspiratory Muscle Trainer (IMT) in Patients with Tetraplegia | Zendy

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Pulmonary Rehabilitation Using Modified Threshold Inspiratory Muscle Trainer (IMT) in Patients with Tetraplegia

Author(s) -

Funda Yasar,

Cantürk Taşçı,

Sema Savcı,

Ergün Tozkoparan,

Ömer Deniz,

Arzu Balkan,

Hayati Bilgiç

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2012/587901

Subject(s) - tetraplegia , medicine , cannula , rehabilitation , spinal cord injury , diaphragm (acoustics) , electromyography , pulmonary rehabilitation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , anesthesia , physical therapy , surgery , spinal cord , physics , psychiatry , acoustics , loudspeaker

It is aimed to present the usefulness of inspiratory muscle trainer (IMT) in treatment of a 20-year-old male patient with diaphragmatic paralysis and tetraplegia due to spinal cord injury (SCI), and supporting effect of IMT in recovering from respiratory failure by rendering his diaphragm functions. The treatment was applied through the tracheostomy cannula by a modified IMT device. After applying IMT for three weeks, it was observed that the diaphragm recovered its functions in electromyography (EMG) test. As a result, in this study, we present a case where a patient could live without any respiratory device for the rest of his life with the help of modified IMT.

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