Beneficial short-term effect of autogenic drainage on peripheral resistance in childhood cystic fibrosis disease

Abstract Background Airway clearance techniques are supposed to be a necessary adjunct for the enhancement of impaired peripheral clearance in cystic fibrosis (CF). The objective was to assess the effect of one physiotherapy session (autogenic drainage: AD) on mucus clearance (sputum wet weight) and...

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Main Authors: Plamen Bokov, Michèle Gerardin, Géraldine Brialix, Emmanuelle Da Costa Noble, Romain Juif, Antonia Vital Foucher, Laurence Le Clainche, Véronique Houdouin, Benjamin Mauroy, Christophe Delclaux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-02039-2