BACKGROUND E-learning is a common and popular mode of educational delivery, but little is known about its effectiveness in teaching practical skills. The aim of this study was to determine whether the Physiotherapy eSkills Training Online resource in addition to usual teaching improved the performance of practical skills in physiotherapy students. METHOD This study was a non-randomised contro...

Pneumonia adalah penyakit radang paru-paru dan merupakan penyebab kematian terbesar pada anak-anak di bawah usia lima tahun seluruh dunia. Chest physiotherapy (CPT) dapat digunakan dalam pengobatan pneumonia dengan pola latihan untuk pembersihan jalan napas sehingga bernapas menjadi lebih mudah nyaman. Tujuan: analisis ini bertujuan mengetahui dampak positif chest terhadap anak. Metode: Ilustra...

A variety of chest physiotherapy techniques are used following abdominal and thoracic surgery to prevent or reduce post-operative complications. Breathing techniques with a positive expiratory pressure (PEP) are used to increase airway pressure and improve pulmonary function. No systematic review of the effects of PEP in surgery patients has been performed previously. The purpose of this system...

Subjects and methods: This Prospective, randomized, case-controlled, pilot study included forty patients, who underwent elective (OPCAB) and were randomized into two groups i.e. group-B (BiPAP) and group-C (Control). All patients received same regimen of medication. Group-B was kept on BiPAP immediately following extubation, while, group-C received conventional physiotherapy only. All hemodynam...

Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has several clinical manifestations from asymptomatic to critical condition. Shortness of breath is one the hallmark symptoms COVID-19 infection. main medical management for shortness in infection oxygen therapy. Physiotherapy and rehabilitation such as breathing exercise chest physiotherapy can be adjuvant therapy that effectively improve...

The head-downwards tipped position for physiotherapy has been claimed to exacerbate gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) in infants with cystic fibrosis (CF). This was investigated using lower oesophageal pH monitoring during physiotherapy. Twenty-one infants (age range 1-27 months) with respiratory disorders (CF=11), undergoing lower oesophageal pH monitoring were recruited. Subjects received two p...