Aim: To study the immediate effects of manual diaphragm release technique on pulmonary functions in patients with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Objectives: To evaluate the immediate effects of manual diaphragm release technique on pulmonary functions in COPD and to know the duration/extent of effect of manual diaphragm release on pulmonary functions in COPD post 24hours, 48hours and 72hours.
Background: COPD refers to a disease state characterized by the presence of incompletely reversible airflow obstruction. Several manual therapy techniques have been administered in patients with different stages COPD which confirmed to have a noteworthy change in pulmonary functions, thoracic kinetics, exercise capacity. More evidence needs to be gathered before manual therapy to be implemented as a treatment protocol for patients with COPD, one such technique is Manual Diaphragm Release technique.
Results and Conclusion: Data was collected and analyzed. Parametric tests were used according to normality tests. The pulmonary functions significantly improved after the manual diaphragm release technique having a p value of less than 0.05 but there is only an immediate effect of the technique seen. The study concludes that there is an immediate effect of Manual diaphragm release technique on pulmonary functions in patients with moderate Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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