Chest percussion.

In defense of percussion.

A comparison of manual to mechanical chest percussion for clearance of alveolar material in patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (phospholipidosis).

To our knowledge, there are no studies that compare the effectiveness of manual chest percussion (MN), mechanical chest percussion (MC), and no percussion (NP) for removing the proteinaceous material found in the alveoli of patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) while undergoing whole-lung bronchopulmonary lavage (BPL). We analyzed the optical densities (OD) of 27 bottles of effluen...

Percussion of the Chest

Consistency of sternal percussion performed manually and with mechanical thumper.

Auscultatory percussion is a technique that is potentially useful to study the acoustic behaviour of the chest. However, finger percussion, as used in this technique, has not been previously assessed for consistency. We calculated the intrasubject variability and short-term reproducibility of this technique in 10 healthy subjects. We examined several indices of the output sound of two series of...

Conventional Chest Physical Therapy for Obstructive Lung Disease

Introduction Conventional Chest Physical Therapy Directed Cough and Forced Expirations Postural Drainage Chest Percussion Other Airway Clearance Techniques High-Frequency Chest Wall Compression Positive Expiratory Pressure Therapy Autogenic Drainage Exercise Vibratory PEP Therapy Identifying Patients Who Will Benefit From CPT Selecting and Applying CPT Components Promoting Patient Adherence to ...