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A study to compare the effect of two different techniques of chest physiotherapy on intracranial pressure in head injury patients.

To compare the effect of two different techniques of chest physiotherapy on intracranial pressure in traumatic brain injury patients: A randomized cross over study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2015/11/006369
Enrollment
40
Registered
2015-11-19
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- Traumatic brain injury

Interventions

Intervention1: Group A : Chest physiotherapy with mechanical vibrator technique.: the TBI patient will first receive chest physiotherapy with mechanical (Group B) technique and ICP will be measured be

Sponsors

None listed

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The study will be carried out on traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients admitted to neurotrauma ICU at Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi. Adult patients admitted to neurotrauma ICU following TBI with age between 18 to 75 years, of either sex, undergoing continuous ICP monitoring, and requiring chest physiotherapy on regular basis

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients with open wound over the thoracic region interfering with effective chest physiotherapy, any tendency towards acute bleeding, fractured ribs or fracture dorsal spine, percutaneous emphysema, presence of haemothorax, pneumothorax, or a chest drainage tube will be excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Intracranial pressure in mmHgTimepoint: Every minute during the procedure of 10 minutes duration and continuing till 10 minutes after the completion of procedure.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Cerebral perfusion pressure Timepoint: Every minute during the procedure of 10 minutes duration and continuing till 10 minutes after the completion of procedure.;Hemodynamic parameters i.e. heart rate (beats/min), blood pressure in mmHg (systolic, diastolic and mean), oxygen saturation in % and arterial blood gas parameters (i.e. SaO2, pO2, pCO2, bicarbonate) values.Timepoint: Hemodynamic parameters- Every minute during the procedure of 10 minutes duration and continuing till 10 minutes after the completion of procedure. ABG before starting the procedure (baseline) and 10 minutes after completion of procedure.

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactGaurav Singh Tomar

A.I.I.M.S, New Delhi

bithal.parmod@gmail.com9868398201

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026