Pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with cystic fibrosis
Evrim Karadağ Saygı 1 ,Özge Keniş Coşkun 1
1 Marmara Üniversitesi Pendik Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Nöroloji Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
DOI :
10.5606/tftrd.2017.38233
The respiratory secretions of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) cause frequent pulmonary infections by thickening. These recurrent infections
lead to lung damage and other pulmonary diseases. Pulmonary rehabilitation is descriptive in the management of CF and has an important
role to clear the airways, to relieve shortness of breath and to increase chest expansion. Pulmonary rehabilitation of patients with CF includes
individual-dependent techniques such as postural drainage, percussion and vibration; controlled breathing exercises such as autogenic
drainage and active cycle of breathing technique; use of airway clearance devices such as the positive expiratory pressure device and devices
that provide airway oscillation such as high frequency chest wall oscillation device. Exercises for poor posture and shortened accessory
muscles of respiration should be integrated to all of these techniques. This article aims to define rehabilitation techniques for CF and to help
the physicians to choose the suitable technique for the rehabilitation program.
Keywords :
Cystic fibrosis; rehabilitation; pulmonary rehabilitation