scholarly journals Evaluation of physiological parameters before and after respiratory physiotherapy in newborns with acute viral bronchiolitis

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Rodrigo A S Gonçalves ◽  
Sérgio Feitosa ◽  
Cláudia de Castro Selestrin ◽  
Vitor E Valenti ◽  
Fernando H de Sousa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physiological Parameters ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Respiratory Physiotherapy ◽  
Acute Viral Bronchiolitis

scholarly journals Clinical Evaluation of Creatine Kinase and Aspartate Aminotransferase for Monitoring Muscle Effort in Working Dogs in Different Simulated Fieldworks

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1879
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Spinella ◽  
Simona Valentini ◽  
Vincenzo Musella ◽  
Enrico Bortolotti ◽  
Mirella Lopedote
Keyword(s):  
Creatine Kinase ◽  
Aspartate Aminotransferase ◽  
Physiological Parameters ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Search Activity ◽  
Fitness Level ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Working Dogs ◽  
Clinical Profiles ◽  
Unknown Area

The clinical profiles of muscle biomarkers (Creatine Kinase–CK-and Aspartate Aminotransferase–AST) performed during training may help in determining the fitness level of dogs and their potentiality to perform specific activities. This study investigated the potential variations of physiological parameters and muscular biomarkers in trained search and rescue dogs during search activity in two different areas. The aim was to verify the absence of any muscular enzymes after 20 min of search activity. The variations of physiological parameters (pulse rate; respiratory rate; rectal body temperature) and skeletal muscular biomarkers (CK and AST) were evaluated before and after search activity. Twenty-three trained dogs met the inclusion criteria and were divided into two groups. One group experienced search activity in a well-known area, while the second one in a similar, but unknown, area. The results for physiological parameters and skeletal muscular biomarkers values showed no significant differences between the two groups (p > 0.05), confirming that an effective conditioning protects against enzymatic alteration during a 20 min duration of submaximal activity.

Effect of Earmuffs on Physiological Parameters of Preterm Neonates Nursed in Incubators: A Before-and-After Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (10) ◽  
pp. 943-946
Author(s):  
Amanpreet Kaur ◽  
Sukhwinder Kaur ◽  
Sanjay Munjal ◽  
Sandhya Ghai ◽  
Sourabh Dutta
Keyword(s):  
Physiological Parameters ◽  
Preterm Neonates ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Before And After Study

scholarly journals Effects of small-sided games and conventional aerobic interval training on various physiological characteristics and defensive and offensive skills used in soccer

Kinesiology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
İlker Özcan ◽  
Çağatay Şahan
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Threshold ◽  
Interval Training ◽  
Endurance Performance ◽  
Physiological Parameters ◽  
Technical Ability ◽  
Aerobic Interval Training ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Passing Ability

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of small-sided game training (SSGT) versus conventional aerobic interval training (CAIT) on soccer-specific endurance performance, lactate threshold levels (mmol·L-1), short-passing ability and defensive and offensive skills of a soccer match. Before and after a 6-week training intervention period, eighteen amateur soccer players (age 21.8±4.8 years) were tested. The tests included the anaerobic threshold (AnT) test, the Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test Level 1 (Yo-Yo IR1), and the Loughborough Soccer Passing Test (LSPT). A manual notational match analysis system was utilized to evaluate the defensive and offensive skills of players during the matches. Both the SSGT and CAIT were performed two days a week and consisted of five sets of 6-minute periods of work at the individualized exercise intensity corresponding to the individual anaerobic threshold, with 3-minute of recovery periods between sets. Mann-Whitney U and Wilcoxon signed rank tests were used to examine the between- and within-group differences, respectively. Statistical analyses revealed that the SSGT group players exhibited significantly better in terms of the LSPT scores (p<.01) and the number of defensive and offensive skills (p<.05). However, no other significant differences in the other variables were observed (p>.05). The results of the study suggested that SSGT improved short-passing ability, various soccer skills and physiological parameters, while CAIT only improved physiological parameters. SSGT improves soccer-specific endurance and technical ability of players at the same time, meaning it is a time efficient way of training.

Investigation of Some Physiological Parameters in Women Taken Teraband Exercise Training

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 3553-3554
Author(s):  
Mine Turğut ◽  
Taner Bozkuş
Keyword(s):  
Blood Lipids ◽  
Exercise Program ◽  
Blood Lipid ◽  
Physiological Parameters ◽  
Fat Percentage ◽  
Blood Samples ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Package Program ◽  
Sedentary Women ◽  
Positive Effect

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effect of a six-week theraband (strength band) exercise program on some physiological parameters in sedentary women. Method: The pretest-posttest model was used in the study. Before the study, the participants were asked whether they had any health problems. In this study, 34 volunteer women with a mean age of 26.91±2.64 years and a mean height of 164.20±4.36 who regularly attended a private sports centre were included in the study. Before and after the exercise program, body weight, fat percentage, and blood samples were taken in the morning on an empty stomach by experts in the appropriate laboratory environment at the health institution. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS 22.0 package program. Paired Sample T Test was applied to compare the values before and after exercise. Results: As a result, it was determined that sedentary women who regularly performed theraband exercise for six weeks had a positive effect on their weight, fat percentage and blood lipids (Triglyceride, Cholesterol, HDL and LDL) levels (p<0.05). Conclucions: As a result, since the teraband (strength band) exercises we applied in our study were both affordable and can be easily performed by individuals at home, it has great importance for health that these exercises can be promoted more, and people's awareness. Keywords: Teraband, Exercise, Blood lipid

SYMPATHOMIMETIC DRUGS IN ACUTE VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 493-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. D. Phelan ◽  
H. E. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Resistance ◽  
Sympathomimetic Drugs ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Consistent Change ◽  
Acute Viral Bronchiolitis

Mean pulmonary resistance and inspiratory and expiratory pulmonary resistance were measured in 10 infants with acute viral bronchiolitis before and after the administration of isoprenaline or orciprenaline by aerosol. No consistent change in any measurement of pulmonary resistance was recorded following the administration of the drugs.

scholarly journals Endotracheal and upper airways suctioning: changes in newborns’ physiological parameters

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1369-1376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andréa Lopes Barbosa ◽  
Maria Vera Lúcia Moreira Leitão Cardoso ◽  
Thays Bezerra Brasil ◽  
Carmen Gracinda Silvan Scochi
Keyword(s):  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Upper Airway ◽  
Physiological Parameters ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
Pharmacological Interventions ◽  
Upper Airways ◽  
Nasal Cpap ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The City ◽  
Airway Suctioning

This study investigated which physiological parameters change when endotracheal and upper airway suctioning is performed immediately before, immediately after and five minutes after this procedure is performed in newborns hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). This is a quantitative and longitudinal study, before and after type, performed in the NICU of a public institution in the city of Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. The sample was composed of 104 newborns using oxigenotherapy and who needed endotracheal and upper airway suctioning. The results showed significant alterations in respiratory and heart rates (p<0.05) in neonates using Oxyhood and nasal CPAP while the pulse significantly changed (p<0.05) in newborns placed in oxyhood, using nasal CPAP and Mechanical Ventilation; oxygen saturation was the only parameter that did not alter significantly. We propose that nurses develop non-pharmacological interventions to reduce potential alterations caused in newborns’ physiological parameters due to this procedure.

scholarly journals Role of Physiotherapy in Hospitalised Patients of COVID-19 disease

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 154-159
Author(s):  
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Bharty ◽  
◽  
Dr. Jitendra Kishore Bhargava ◽  
Dr. Brahma Prakash ◽  
Dr. Vikas Patel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Severity Index ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Breathing Exercises ◽  
Hospitalised Patients ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Respiratory Physiotherapy

Introduction: Respiratory physiotherapy is one of the therapeutic methods in various respiratoryviral infections. Breathing exercises with other interventions, could enhance the total lung capacityand symptom alleviation in patients with virus-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).Aim: To study the clinical evaluation of the role of physiotherapy in hospitalised patients of covid-19diseases. Method: This was an Observational (prospective, cross-sectional) study. 187 patientswere recruited and diagnosed as COVID-19 as per RTPCR at NSCB Medical College, Jabalpur (MP).Patients were randomised into the physiotherapy group and controlled group. Patients in thephysiotherapy group were undergone positional changes, prone ventilation, Breathing exercise,Resistive training, Passive joint motion, Muscle stretching, Bedside standing training, enduranceexercise by a specialized physiotherapist. Mean cough severity index, MMRC grade, respiration rateand peripheral blood saturation were recorded before and after intervention and compared with thecontrolled group. Result: There was significant improvement found in MMRC grade and respirationrate after physical therapy in the physiotherapy group (p-value < 0.05). Exertional dyspnoea andcough severity index significant deceased in physiotherapy group. The positive change was found inperipheral blood saturation. There was decreased in hospitalization stay in the physiotherapy groupas compared to the controlled group. Conclusion: Our study revealed the positive effect ofphysiotherapy on covid-19 disease in terms of symptoms and hospitalization duration among thephysiotherapy group. Physiotherapy exerts a beneficial role in the management of the covid-19disease.

scholarly journals An Experimental Pre-Post Study on the Efficacy of Respiratory Physiotherapy in Severe Critically III COVID-19 Patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 2139
Author(s):  
Denise Battaglini ◽  
Salvatore Caiffa ◽  
Giovanni Gasti ◽  
Elena Ciaravolo ◽  
Chiara Robba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Ct Scan ◽  
Critically Ill ◽  
Lung Ultrasound ◽  
Quantitative Computed Tomography ◽  
Icu Patients ◽  
Lung Aeration ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Respiratory Physiotherapy

Background: Respiratory physiotherapy (RPT) is considered essential in patients’ management during intensive care unit (ICU) stay. The role of RPT in critically ill COVID-19 patients is poorly described. We aimed to investigate the effects of RPT on oxygenation and lung aeration in critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU. Methods: Observational pre-post study. Patients with severe COVID-19 admitted to the ICU, who received a protocolized CPT session and for which a pre-and post-RPT lung ultrasound (LUS) was performed, were included. A subgroup of patients had an available quantitative computed tomography (CT) scan performed within 4 days from RPT. The primary aim was to evaluate whether RPT improved oxygenation; secondary aims included correlations between LUS, CT and response to RPT. Results: Twenty patients were included. The median (1st–3rd quartile) PaO2/FiO2 was 181 (105–456), 244 (137–497) and 246 (137–482) at baseline (T0), after RPT (T1), and after 6 h (T2), respectively. PaO2/FiO2 improved throughout the study (p = 0.042); particularly, PaO2/FiO2 improved at T1 in respect to T0 (p = 0.011), remaining higher at T2 (p = 0.007) compared to T0. Correlations between LUS, volume of gas (rho = 0.58, 95%CI 0.05–0.85, p = 0.033) and hyper-aerated mass at CT scan (rho = 0.54, 95% CI 0.00–0.84, p = 0.045) were detected. No significant changes in LUS score were observed before and after RPT. Conclusions: RPT improved oxygenation and the improvement persisted after 6 h. Oxygenation improvement was not reflected by aeration changes assessed with LUS. Further studies are warranted to assess the efficacy of RPT in COVID-19 ICU patients.

scholarly journals Meditation Practice Improves Short-Term Changes in Heart Rate Variability

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 2128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kang-Ming Chang ◽  
Miao-Tien Wu Chueh ◽  
Yi-Jung Lai
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Heart Rate Variability ◽  
Physiological Parameters ◽  
The Other ◽  
Meditation Practice ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Difference

Background: It is well known that meditation improves the physical and psychological condition of its practitioners. This study investigated the heart rate variability response of meditation practitioners in two Chan master teaching environments, namely face-to-face and video classes. Methods: Experimental sessions were conducted, one featuring face-to-face classes and the other featuring video classes. The difference in participants’ physiological parameters (blood pressure and heart rate variability) between the two experimental sessions was determined. In the first session, physiological parameters were recorded twice, before and after one teaching course, and the second session took place one month after the first. The first and second sessions had 45 and 27 participants, respectively. Those involved in the first experiment had no experience with meditation, whereas participants in the second experiment had practiced meditation for an average of 9 years (range = 1 to 27 years). Both experiments were conducted once a week, with each session lasting 1.5 h. Results: For both experiments, both heart rate and heart rate variability by age significantly decreased after one teaching course. Conclusions: Chan meditation practitioners benefit from receiving both face-to-face and video class teaching from a Chan master.

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