Effect of physiotherapy on single breath count and breath holding time in COVID-19 patients

Autor:	Vaishnavi R. Nagpure, Sushama A. Bhandare, Anil M. Sathe, Sayali S. Rasal, Saraswati K. Iyer, Urvi B. Parmar
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) business.industry Physical therapy Medicine Single breath business Holding time
Zdroj:	International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. 9:3062
ISSN:	2320-6012 2320-6071
DOI:	10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20213933
Popis:	Background: The novel Coronavirus is known to primarily affect the respiratory system and physiotherapy treatment is integral to combat this infection. However, the assessment of pulmonary function poses a difficult challenge considering the risk of spread of infection and sanitisation of the devices used. Single breath count (SBC) and breath holding time (BHT) can be thus adopted as bedside assessment tests for pulmonary function following physiotherapy treatment.Method: In this a retrospective observational study of 51 COVID-19 patients, mean age 51.7±14.56 years, on room air, admitted in the step-down units of a tertiary care hospital. Patients received standard physiotherapy treatment, within safe hemodynamic limits. Pre and post treatment session SBC was recorded in 32 patients and BHT in 19 patients. Three reading were noted and the best of three readings were used for analysis.Results: The paired t test was used to analyse SBC and BHT. Mean pre and post SBC was 18.25±8.96 and 23.31±9.96 respectively with a mean difference of 5.06 and p
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