ACTR12608000601336.
Study name | Comparison of effectiveness between Anglo‐Saxon chest physiotherapy techniques and European chest physiotherapy techniques in infants diagnosed with acute bronchiolitis |
Methods | Blinded randomised clinical trial |
Participants | Infants aged between 0 and 24 months, with a recent acute bronchiolitis diagnostic attested by a physician and a posteroanterior thorax X‐ray incidence |
Interventions |
Group 1: Anglo‐Saxon chest physiotherapy techniques: aerosol therapy, vibration, postural drainage, percussion and induced cough Group 2: European chest physiotherapy techniques: aerosol therapy, ELPr (French: expiration length prolonged‐passive, slow expiration) induced cough |
Outcomes | Wang severity clinical score, hospitalisation period, pulse oxymetry, heart rate |
Starting date | 1 July 2008 (start of enrolment) |
Contact information | Alice Bella Lisbôa. Rua Abolição, 1827, Swift, Campinas‐SP, Brazil. Phone: +55 19 32373878 +55 19 92475175. E‐mail: bella.lisboa@gmail.com |
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