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Breathing Exercise for Rib Fracture

ConditionsRib FracturesSpirometry
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-100
SponsorKastamonu University

About this trial

Respiratory physiotherapy is routinely performed after thoracic surgery operations to increase lung expansion and prevent pulmonary complications such as atelectasis and pneumonia. It is a controversial issue whether respiratory physiotherapy reduces pulmonary complications in rib fractures. In our study, patients with rib fractures will be divided into two groups. In the control group, standard treatment consisting of routine analgesic treatments will be applied. In the other group, respiratory physiotherapy will be applied with triflu for 8 hours a day. At the end of the study, pulmonary complications in both groups will be compared.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Isolated thoracic injury within 24 hours

Age between 18-100

Disqualifiers

Pneumothorax and hemothorax requiring intervention at admission

Injury severity index >16

COPD, Atshma

Extrathoracic trauma

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Respiratory physiotherapy

    Behavioral

    In this group of patients, in addition to routine analgesic treatment, triflow use and deep breathing training would be given by the physiotherapist. Patients in this group will do breathing exercises 8 hours a day, 10 times an hour.

  • Conservative Treatment

    Drug

    Patients in the control group will receive conservative treatment consisting of paracetamol and dexketoprofen.

Treatment groups

62 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Respiratory physiotherapy groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Routine treatment groupActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC results on day 7

FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC

Time frame
7 days

Secondary outcomes

1

Number of Participants with Pneumonia

Clinical and radiological diagnosis of pneumonia

Time frame
7 days
2

FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC results on day 2

FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC

Time frame
2 days

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Kastamonu University

Lead sponsor

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