Expiratory Muscle Training Versus Functional Electrical Stimulation on Pulmonaryand Swallowing Functions in Covid-19 Patients | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
| Article 144, Volume 90, Issue 1, January 2023, Page 977-982 PDF (537.05 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.280193 | ||||
 View on SCiNiTO | ||||
| Authors | ||||
| Samia W . Diab; Nagwa M. Badr; Eman K. Ibrahim; Asmaa M. Mohamed | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background:Coronaviruses are viruses that cause reductions in pulmonary and swallowing functions. The need for this study has been developed to apply a comparison between expiratory muscle strength training and functional electrical stimulation for the abdomenandneck in acute COVID-19 patients with dysphagia, aiming to determine the most effective technique to improve cough peak flow, peak expiratory flow, swallowing, and arterial blood gases. Objective:To determine the impact of electrical stimulation and expiratory muscle strength training on the pulmonary and swallowing functions in individuals with COVID-19. Methods:This clinical trial study included sixty patients with COVID-19, of both sexes, aged from 20 to 45 years,from El-Menshawy General Hospital, Tanta, Gharbia Governorate, Egypt, who were randomly chosen and divided into two equal groups equal. Expiratory muscle strength training was given to group A as one session per day, 30 minutes for each session, five times a week for four weeks.Group B received neck and abdominal functional electrical stimulation. Traditional dysphagia therapies, as well as chest physiotherapy, are administered to both groups. Results: After treatment, there was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of pH and PCO2 (p < 0.001). Additionally, there was a significantly higher SaO2, PEF, and GUSS in group B following therapy compared to group A (p < 0.001). Conclusion:Functional electrical stimulation had a greater impact on pulmonary and swallowing functions in COVID-19 patients than expiratory muscle strength training. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Covid19; EMST 150; Dysphagia; Electrical stimulation; Pulmonary function | ||||
|
Statistics Article View: 313 PDF Download: 272 |
||||
