EFFECTIVENESS OF ACTIVE CYCLE OF BREATHING TECHNIQUEAND SLOW EXPIRATION WITH GLOTTIS OPENED IN LATERAL POSTURE [ELTGOL] ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY IN SUBJECTS WITH BRONCHIECTASIS

*Dimili Vijaya Theresa, Dr. S. Jyothi, Dr. Patchava Apparao and Dr. Ch. Ganapati Swamy

ABSTRACT

Background and Objective: Bronchiectasis is associated with impairment of the mucociliaryescalator and retention of secretions within the bronchial tree. There are so many physiotherapy treatment techniques has been proposed as an adjunct to conventional therapy to treat Bronchiectasis but both ACBT and ELTGOL techniques have been showed improvement in subjects with Bronchiectasis and the literature is limited on their comparison Hence need of the study arises. The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of ACBT and ELTGOL on improving the Quality Of Life and increasing Functional Capacity in subjects with Bronchiectasis. Methods: A Prospective study design. 60 subjects with age group between 45-75 years. In Group -A subjects (n=30) were treated with Active Cycle of Breathing Technique where asin Group-B subjects (n=30) received ELTGOL Training. Results: Independent „t‟ test was used to compare the mean significance difference between continuous variables. Paired „t‟ test was used to assess the Statistical significance differencebetween pre and post test scores. Where as in between groups comparison ELTGOL showed better improvement compared to Active Cycle Of Breathing Technique. Conclusion: After Four weeks of Intervention both Trainings showed significant improvement in 6-Mintue Walk Test and SF-36 Questionnaire. However, ELTGOL found to be more effective when compared to Active Cycle Of Breathing Technique. Findings from this study, can be recommended that ELTGOL training can be prescribed to the Bronchiectasis subjects.

Keywords: Bronchiectasis, Functional Capacity, Quality of life, SF -36 Questionnaire,6- Minute Walk Test, Active Cycle Of Breathing Technique, ELTGOL.