An evaluation of the acute impact of pursed lips breathing on walking distance in nonspontaneous pursed lips breathing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients.

This study was designed to test the effects of pursed lips breathing (PLB) during exercise in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who did not spontaneously perform PLB. Sixty-nine COPD patients, mean FEV1 (SD) 1.09 (0.

Respiratory and cardiovascular responses to manual chest percussion in normal subjects.

The respiratory and cardiovascular responses to manual chest percussion were studied in seven naive healthy subjects. Percussion during quiet breathing, percussion with thoracic expansion exercises (TEE) and TEE alone were applied to subjects in side-lying. Inspired volume, oxygen consumption, oxygen saturation, heart rate and blood pressure were measured before, during and after each technique.