Efficacy of Osteopathic Manipulative Techniques With Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: osteopathic manipulative techniques, conventional chest physiotherapy.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment. Basic parameters: 19 years — 65 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Egypt
- Next step
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Official title
Efficacy of Selected Osteopathic Manipulative Techniques as a Conjunctive Therapy for Patients With Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis
Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if osteopathic manipulative techniques add benefits for treatment of patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis. The main questions it aims to answer are : Could osteopathic manipulative techniques add benefits for treatment of patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis? Researchers will compare osteopathic manipulative techniques with chest physiotherapy to chest physiotherapy alone to see if osteopathic manipulative techniques works to treat progressive pulmonary fibrosis. Participants will: Take osteopathic manipulative techniques 2 days a week for 4 weeks and chest physiotherapy 3 days a week for 4 weeks
Detailed description
In this study researchers want to see if osteopathic manipulative techniques add benefits to treat progressive pulmonary fibrosis.
two group of patients : study group will receive osteopathic manipulative techniques with conventional chest physiotherapy .
control group will receive only conventional chest physiotherapy . osteopathic manipulative techniques will be done for 2 days a week for 4 weeks while conventional chest physiotherapy will be done 3 days a week for 4 weeks.
Interventions
- Other osteopathic manipulative techniques
for 4 weeks , 2 sessions per week - Other conventional chest physiotherapy
for 4 weeks , 3 sessions per week
Primary outcome measures
- pulmonary function test - FVC [Time frame: preintervention , post intervention after 4 weeks]
- pulmonary function test - FEV [Time frame: pre intervention , post intervention after 4 weeks]
- pulmonary function test - FEV/FVC [Time frame: pre intervention , post intervention after 4 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- chest expansion measurment [Time frame: pre intervention , post intervention after 4 weeks]
- Modified Medical Research Council dyspnea scale [Time frame: pre intervention , post intervention after 4 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Their age > 18.
- Both sexes.
- Patients without excerbations.
- FVC of the patient <50% .
- FEV1/ FVC of the patient <50%.
- Hemodynamic stable.
- Conscious and cooperative.
- Are able to participate in training actively.
Exclusion criteria
- Patients with acute excerbations.
- Acute or Uncontrolled Infections.
- Active Malignancy.
- Chest deformity
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Egypt · 1 center
- Hospital of Beni Suef University — Banī Suwayf
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07548216 · FPTBSUREC/0405/2325