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Lung Boost Trainer Versus Incentive Spirometer on Pulmonary Function Post COVID Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy Children;
Amira G Mahmoud1, Faten M Hassan2, Mai A Eid3
1Department of Physical Therapy for Pediatrics and Its Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Egyptian Chinese University, Cairo, Egypt.
Background:
Cerebral palsy (CP) represents the leading cause of motor-related disability during childhood and may be presented by reduced chest wall movement, and weak respiratory muscles contribute to impaired pulmonary function.
Aim:
The current study was designed to compare the efficacy of Lung boost trainer versus an incentive spirometer on pulmonary function post COVID spastic hemiplegic CP children.
Methods:
A single-blind randomized controlled trial. Recruited patients from the Faculty of Physical Therapy Clinics, Cairo University. Children aged from 4 to 9 years were randomly allocated into 3 groups (LBT n = 20, IST n = 20 and TRPT group n = 20). The three groups received as follows: lung Booster Training, Incentive Spirometer Training and Traditional Respiratory Physical Therapy, respectively. The intervention delivered five sessions per week for 4 weeks. Pulmonary function values and functional capacity evaluated through spirometry, six-minute walk test (6MWT), and Short Form-36 (SF-36) quality of life questionnaire targeted physical domain only before and after study.
Results:
The study findings indicated that the pulmonary function values, 6MWT, and physical domain of SF-36 exhibited a difference that was statistically significant (p-value ≤ 0.05), which was observed among all groups following treatment, favoring group (LBT).
Conclusions:
Within the limits of this study, it was concluded that lung boost trainer was associated with significant improvements in pulmonary function in relation to FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC and functional capacity among children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy following COVID-19.
Trail Registration:
NCT07508332 in the International Registry of Clinical Trials (www.
Clinicaltrials:
gov).
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