Gastro-esophageal Reflux
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a specific airway clearance technique, l'Expiration Lente Prolongée (ELPr), induces or aggravates gastro-oesophageal reflux in infants under the age of one year. Infants referred to hospital for a multichannel intraluminal impedance pH (pH-MII) monitoring are included in this study. Participation is only possible after signing the informal consent by one of the parents.
Interventions
OTHERexpiration lente prolongée
l'Expiration Lente Prolongée (ELPr) is a passive technique to enhance the expiration used in infants, obtained by a slow and increasing manual thoraco-abdominal pression applied at the end of a spontaneous expiration till the residual volume. The aim is to obtain a bigger expired volume compared to a normal expiration and drain the mucus out of the airways (Postiaux 2003). This technique has been invented by Guy Postiaux and is used in the Chest Physiotherapy (CPT).
Sponsors
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
1 Days to 365 Days
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Infants under the age of one year and on suspicion of GOR who were referred for 24h impedance-pH monitoring are included in this study.
Exclusion criteria
* prematurity (gestational age less than 37 weeks), * the use of anti-reflux medication and reflux surgery (Nissen fundoplication)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| number of refluxes | 20 minutes |
Countries
Belgium
Outcome results
None listed