Chest physiotherapy during immediate postoperative period among patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery- A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trail | Zendy

Gopal Krishna | Zendy; Alfred J. Augustine | Zendy; R Anand | Zendy; Ajit Mahale | Zendy

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Chest physiotherapy during immediate postoperative period among patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery- A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trail

Author(s) -

Gopal Krishna,

Alfred J. Augustine,

R Anand,

Ajit Mahale

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

international journal of biomedical and advance research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2455-0558

pISSN - 2229-3809

DOI - 10.7439/ijbar.v4i3.886

Subject(s) - medicine , laparoscopic surgery , randomized controlled trial , surgery , general surgery , physical therapy , anesthesia , laparoscopy

Objective:To evaluate the effects of diaphragmatic breathing exercise on pulmonary function and diaphragm excursion in patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery

Materials and Methods: Twenty sample sizes with twelve men and eight women who underwent laparoscopic surgery were randomly divided as follows: 10 subjects performed diaphragmatic breathing exercise, (other therapies like bronchial hygiene therapy, Thoracic mobility exercise and mobilization) and 10 participated as a control group. All of them underwent evaluations of pulmonary function test with measurement of forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1), FEV1/FVC ratio, peak expiratory flow (PEF) and diaphragm excursion by ultra songraphybefore the operation and first, second postoperative day(POD)

Results: pulmonary function and diaphragm excursion values between preoperative and postoperative (first, second) days were found to be higher in the exercise group when compared to control group.

Conclusions: chest physiotherapy contributed towards early recovery of pulmonary function and diaphragm excursion among patients who had undergone laparoscopic surgery

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