Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) and Physiotherapy

Effect of Physiotherapy Evaluated by Electrical Impedance Tomography

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01932567

Enrollment

Registered

2013-08-30

Start date

2013-08-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2014-07-24

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Conditions

Respiratory Disease

Brief summary

To compare the effect of different airway clearance techniques on lung ventilation by electrical impedance tomography.

Interventions

OTHERPhysiotherapy

PROCEDUREElectrical impedance tomography

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 90 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* \>18 years old * Surgery under anesthesia (PEP and incentive spirometry) or healthy subjects * Intervention time before first bed lift * Cooperative * Can perform devices techniques correctly

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with pacemaker, implantable pumps or automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator * Patients with pulmonary disease (acute or chronic) * Patients with cognitive problems * Presence of patches or wounds in EIT belt zone placement * Patients with initial pain \> 2/10 * Patients with severe obesity (BMI \> 35)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Regional lung ventilation measured by Electrical impedance tomography	Recording by electrical impedance tomography will be performed during 30 minutes

Countries

Belgium

Contacts

Primary ContactCoralie Colbrant, PT

colbrant.coralie@hotmail.com

Backup ContactJean Roeseler

jean.roeseler@uclouvain.be

Outcome results

None listed

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