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
In this study researchers want to see if osteopathic manipulative techniques add benefits to treat progressive pulmonary fibrosis. two group of patients : study group will receive osteopathic manipulative techniques with conventional chest physiotherapy . control group will receive only conventional chest physiotherapy . osteopathic manipulative techniques will be done for 2 days a week for 4 weeks while conventional chest physiotherapy will be done 3 days a week for 4 weeks.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
for 4 weeks , 2 sessions per week
for 4 weeks , 3 sessions per week
Hospital of Beni Suef University
Banī Suwayf, Egypt
pulmonary function test - FVC
FVC
Time frame: preintervention , post intervention after 4 weeks
pulmonary function test - FEV
FEV
Time frame: pre intervention , post intervention after 4 weeks
pulmonary function test - FEV/FVC
FEV/FVC
Time frame: pre intervention , post intervention after 4 weeks
chest expansion measurment
Time frame: pre intervention , post intervention after 4 weeks
Modified Medical Research Council dyspnea scale
Minimum value: 0 Maximum value:4 Higher scores indicate a worse outcome (more severe dyspnea)
Time frame: pre intervention , post intervention after 4 weeks
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