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The Use of Visual Feedback in Airway Clearance

NCT01546779 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2012-03-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients perform airway clearance incorporating various breathing strategies, to clear secretions from their lungs. Hand held devices may aid mucus expectoration, and also motivate the patient to manage by themselves. Our aims was to study if resistive expiration through "volumetric incentive spirometer" (VISex) can improve lung function in the short term in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Tri-Gym

40 CF patients performed airway clearance using the VISex, by exhaling against chosen resistance being motivated by visual feedback of raising colored balls. The level of resistance was set to cause longest expiration/volume, until mucus was transported from the peripheral to the central airways, to be expectorated by the subsequent cough.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sheba Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-12-31
Primary Completion
2009-06-30
Completion
2009-07-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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