| Benefit of triple-strap abdominal binder on voluntary cough in patients with spinal cord injury. | |
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PMID: 21577218 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Study design:A cross-sectional experimental study.Objective:The purpose of this study is to examine the benefit of elastic abdominal binders on voluntary cough in persons with spinal cord injury.Setting:Spinal rehabilitation unit in a teaching hospital.Methods:We measured voluntary cough peak expiratory flow rate (in 21 subjects with spinal cord injury, (18 tetraplegia, 3 paraplegia) under three conditions: without abdominal binder as the baseline, with single-strap abdominal binder and triple-strap abdominal binder.Results:The results showed that the mean cough peak expiratory flow rate in all subjects without abdominal binder was 277.1 l per min. There was a significant increase in flow rate with the use of abdominal binders: 325.7 l per min with single-strap abdominal binder and 345.2 l per min with triple-strap abdominal binder (P<0.05, paired t-test). The mean cough peak expiratory flow rate in tetraplegic subjects using triple-strap abdominal binders was significantly higher compared with those using single-strap abdominal binders (322.1 l per min and 299.4 l per min, respectively).Conclusion:Abdominal binders can be used as an effective method to improve cough ability in spinal cord injured patients, with triple-strap abdominal binder achieving greater cough peak expiratory flows.Spinal Cord advance online publication, 17 May 2011; doi:10.1038/sc.2011.53. |
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P E Julia; M Y Sa'ari; N Hasnan |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-5-17 |
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Title: Spinal cord : the official journal of the International Medical Society of Paraplegia Volume: - ISSN: 1476-5624 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-5-17 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9609749 Medline TA: Spinal Cord Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
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