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Chest PNF on Pulmonary Function in Parkinson Disease

Efficacy of Chest PNF on Pulmonary Function in Patients With Parkinson's Diseases

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03977740
Enrollment
20
Registered
2019-06-06
Start date
2018-01-01
Completion date
2019-06-10
Last updated
2019-06-06

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Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Brief summary

Background: Parkinson disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and characterized by tremor, rigidity and bradykinesia. Almost 84% of PD patient develops respiratory abnormalities and pointed as the most common cause of death. Airway obstruction, trunk muscle rigidity is the common cause of respiratory abnormalities. Purpose: The main purpose of the study will evaluate the efficacy of chest PNF on pulmonary function and chest wall mobility in PD. Methods: 20 participants will be recruited for study purpose and divide into two groups. Group= A will be the control group and participants will receive conventional treatment which includes deep breathing exercise and segmental breathing exercise, incentive spirometry etc for one week. Group= B participants will receive chest PNF exercise along with conventional treatment for a week. Pretreatment and post-treatment data will be recorded by the help of PFT (FVC, FEV1 & FEV1/FVC) and chest wall expansion at axillary and xiphisternal level for data analysis. Data analysis will be done by paired t-test for within group and independent t-test will be used for the between-group variable. The level of significance will be set at 0.05.

Interventions

OTHERchest PNF

Chest PNF technique includes oblique downward pressure at sternum, diagonal pressure at lower rib cage at supine line, caudal medial pressure at side lying, Caudal pressure at ribcage at prone lying, dorsal and caudal pressure at prone on elbow.

OTHERConventional

conventional chest physiotherapy treatment, which includes Deep breathing exercise, Diaphragmatic breathing exercise, segmental breathing exercise and purse lip breathing and incentive spirometer

Sponsors

Subhasish Chatterjee
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
50 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Grade 3 to grade 5 Parkinson patients according to Hoehn Yahar scale 2. MMSE score \>23. 3. Age 50-70 yrs. 4. Both Male and Female.

Exclusion criteria

1. Previous history of cardiac and pulmonary surgery. 2. History of flail chest. 3. Individual affected by neurological disorder other than PD. 4. Uncooperative patients. 5. Individual with the psychosomatic disorder.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Pulmonary Function Test (PFT)changes bwtween baseline to 1 weekPulmonary functions parameters FVC in litre, FEV1 in litre and ratio between FVC/FEV1 will be recorded with PFT

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
chest wall expansion by inch tapechanges bwtween baseline to 1 weekchest wall expansion will be measured at axillary and xiphisternal level

Countries

India

Contacts

Primary ContactMousumi Saha, MPT
msaha0029@gmail.com9366787310
Backup ContactNidhi Sharma
7906134419

Outcome results

None listed

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