The role of positive expiratory pressure (PEP) in physiotherapy of patients with cystic fibrosis. Comparison with oscillating positive expiratory pressure (OPEP)

T Orlik, A Wyka-Wojeńska - Advances in Rehabilitation, 2018 - psjd.icm.edu.pl
Physiotherapy plays a very important role in cystic fibrosis. Its basic aim is to regularly clear
bronchial passages of mucus which is responsible for exacerbation of bronchoalveolar …

Positive expiratory pressure therapy better maintains pulmonary function than postural drainage and percussion in patients with cystic fibrosis

B Button, R Herbert, C Maher - Australian Journal of …, 1998 - researchers.mq.edu.au
Objective. To compare the effects of long-term positive expiratory pressure (PEP) therapy
and conventional postural drainage and percussion (PD and P) on pulmonary function in …

Physiologic evidence for the efficacy of positive expiratory pressure as an airway clearance technique in patients with cystic fibrosis

JC Darbee, PJ Ohtake, BJB Grant, FJ Cerny - Physical therapy, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Purpose. Individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) have large amounts
of infected mucus in their lungs, which causes irreversible lung tissue damage. Although …

Clinical evaluation of oscillating positive expiratory pressure for enhancing expectoration in diseases other than cystic fibrosis.

N Ambrosino, G Callegari, C Galloni… - Monaldi Archives for …, 1995 - europepmc.org
The benefit of chest physiotherapy in patients with cystic fibrosis has been well documented.
However, the benefit of similar rehabilitation in patients with large amounts of sputum who …

Mucus clearance with three chest physiotherapy regimes in cystic fibrosis: a comparison between postural drainage, PEP and physical exercise

L Lannefors, P Wollmer - European Respiratory Journal, 1992 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The effects of three different regimes of chest physiotherapy were compared in this cross-
over study. Mucus clearance was monitored in nine clinically stable cystic fibrosis (CF) …

[图书][B] Positive expiratory pressure breathing and gas distribution in individuals with cystic fibrosis

JC Darbee - 2000 - search.proquest.com
Individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) have large amounts of mucus in their lungs which causes
irreversible lung tissue damage. Patient-administered positive expiratory pressure (PEP) …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond postural drainage and percussion: Airway clearance in people with cystic fibrosis

JA Pryor, E Tannenbaum, SF Scott, J Burgess… - Journal of Cystic …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Evidence indicates that there are no statistically significant differences in
effectiveness among the airway clearance techniques (ACTs) of active cycle of breathing …

Positive expiratory pressure (PEP) as lung physiotherapy in cystic fibrosis: a pilot study

P Tønnesen, S Støvring - European journal of respiratory …, 1984 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Positive expiratory pressure (PEP) on a face mask was compared with conventional lung
physiotherapy in 12 patients with cystic fibrosis. Residual volume (p less than 0.02) and …

Long‐term comparative trial of two different physiotherapy techniques; postural drainage with percussion and autogenic drainage, in the treatment of cystic fibrosis

M McIlwaine, LT Wong, M Chilvers… - Pediatric …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In N. America, over the past decade, various airway clearance techniques (ACT) have been
introduced for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF). We hypothesized that autogenic drainage …

Chest physiotherapy with positive airway pressure: a pilot study of short-term effects on sputum clearance in patients with cystic fibrosis and severe airway obstruction

G Placidi, M Cornacchia, G Polese, L Zanolla… - Respiratory …, 2006 - rc.rcjournal.com
BACKGROUND: The periodic administration of positive airway pressure combined with
directed cough could aid mucus clearance in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and severe …