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Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Translated Title

慢性頸髓損傷患者肺功能訓練之初步研究

Abstract

Pulmonary complication is the main cause of death in the persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). The purpose of this study was to evaluate if pulmonary function training can improve lung function in chronic (onset more than 1 year) tetraplegic patients. There are 14 subjects (9male and 5 female), including C4 to C7 (11 complete; 3 incomplete), mean duration of injury is 5.14 years. They were arranged the rehabilitation training including respiratory muscle training for 4 weeks. Spirometry records such as vital capacity (VC), tidal volume (TV), inspiratory reserve volume (IRV), expiratory reserve volume (ERV), forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expired volume in 1 second (FEV1), and maximal voluntary ventilation (MVV) were taken before and after training in the erect seated position. Paired-t test was used in the data analysis. There are significant (p＜0.05) improvements in VC, FVC, FEV1, and MVV. The pulmonary functional training can improve ventilation function in patients with chronic SCI. therefore daily abdominal weight exercise is suggested to prevent pulmonary complications in chronic tetraplegic patients.

Language

Traditional Chinese

First Page

133

Last Page

138

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