Efficacy of Osteopathic Manipulative Techniques With Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

osteopathic manipulative techniques: for 4 weeks , 2 sessions per week

conventional chest physiotherapy: for 4 weeks , 3 sessions per week

Study summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if osteopathic manipulative techniques add benefits for treatment of patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis. The main questions it aims to answer are :

Could osteopathic manipulative techniques add benefits for treatment of patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis? Researchers will compare osteopathic manipulative techniques with chest physiotherapy to chest physiotherapy alone to see if osteopathic manipulative techniques works to treat progressive pulmonary fibrosis.

Participants will:

Take osteopathic manipulative techniques 2 days a week for 4 weeks and chest physiotherapy 3 days a week for 4 weeks

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• pulmonary function test - FVC — preintervention , post intervention after 4 weeks
  FVC
• pulmonary function test - FEV — pre intervention , post intervention after 4 weeks
  FEV
• pulmonary function test - FEV/FVC — pre intervention , post intervention after 4 weeks
  FEV/FVC

Trial sites (1)

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