Ageing is a complex process involving many variables (e.g. genetics, lifestyle factors, chronic diseases) that interact with one another, greatly influencing the manner in which we age. The lungs of elderly persons are subjected to a life time of exposure to known and unknown harmful agents. The aim of this study was to investigate the responses of ventilatory functions to breathing exercise versus breathing exercise with chest mobilizing exercise in elderly. In this study, 30 elderly subjects were clinically examined & subjected to laboratory investigations, and then randomly divided into 2groups (A & B), where group “A” received diaphragmatic breathing exercise & incentive spirometer while group “B” received diaphragmatic breathing exercise, incentive spirometer & chest mobilizing exercise. The variables related to ventilatory functions Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume at the 1 st second (FEV1) & Maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV) had been measured twice; 1 st at the beginning of the program (pre-exercise) & 2 nd after 8 weeks (post-exercise). The results showed that the ventilatory functions reported statistical significant (p<0.0001) improvement at post-exercise within each group when compared with pre-exercise mean values.
Ibrahim, M., Mohamed, U., & Ibrahim, A. (2009). Responses of Ventilatory Functions to Breathing Exercise versus Breathing Exercise with Chest Mobilizing Exercise in Elderly. Bulletin of Egyptian Society for Physiological Sciences, 29(2), 109-118. doi: 10.21608/besps.2009.36683
MLA
Mohamed Ibrahim; Uomna Mohamed; Atta Ibrahim. "Responses of Ventilatory Functions to Breathing Exercise versus Breathing Exercise with Chest Mobilizing Exercise in Elderly". Bulletin of Egyptian Society for Physiological Sciences, 29, 2, 2009, 109-118. doi: 10.21608/besps.2009.36683
HARVARD
Ibrahim, M., Mohamed, U., Ibrahim, A. (2009). 'Responses of Ventilatory Functions to Breathing Exercise versus Breathing Exercise with Chest Mobilizing Exercise in Elderly', Bulletin of Egyptian Society for Physiological Sciences, 29(2), pp. 109-118. doi: 10.21608/besps.2009.36683
VANCOUVER
Ibrahim, M., Mohamed, U., Ibrahim, A. Responses of Ventilatory Functions to Breathing Exercise versus Breathing Exercise with Chest Mobilizing Exercise in Elderly. Bulletin of Egyptian Society for Physiological Sciences, 2009; 29(2): 109-118. doi: 10.21608/besps.2009.36683
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