Chest Physiotherapy in Pediatrics Patients With Pneumonia

Chest Physiotherapy in Pediatric Patients Hospitalised With Community-acquired Pneumonia: a Randomized Clinical Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01017081

Enrollment

Registered

2009-11-20

Start date

2001-09-30

Completion date

2002-09-30

Last updated

2009-11-20

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Conditions

Pneumonia

Keywords

physiotherapy, children, clinical trial

Brief summary

Chest physiotherapy has been used to treat pediatric patients hospitalized with pneumonia however there was no evidence to support a beneficial effect in pediatric patients.

Interventions

OTHERPhysiotherapy

Physiotherapy: three times per day, for 10 to 12 minutes, during hospital admission

OTHERPositioning and cough

Non-mandatory request to maintain lateral positioning to improve air exchange and cough

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

1 Years to 12 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Children aged 1 to 12 years with acute community-acquired pneumonia (cough, tachypnea, fever and with a chest radiography with lobar, segmental or bronchopneumonia within the first 48 hours)

Exclusion criteria

* Severely ill patients (hospitalized in intensive care units) * Pleural effusion treated with chest drainage * Atelectasis detected by x-ray * Pneumonia or pleural effusion in the previous six months * Other pulmonary underlying disease, heart disease, cerebral palsy or immune deficiency

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026