Why the study?
Identifying respiratory capacity change patterns across postures in stroke patients is needed to prevent secondary pulmonary complications and support neurological recovery during rehabilitation.
How do different postures affect pulmonary function indexes in patients with chronic stroke?
How do different postures affect pulmonary function indexes in patients with chronic stroke?
In chronic stroke patients, pulmonary function is optimal in the sitting position and significantly reduced when lying on the non-paretic side, suggesting posture should be carefully considered during rehabilitation.
Sitting may optimize FVC assessment in chronic stroke; hypothesis-generating for posture-specific rehabilitation trials.
PURPOSE: To prevent secondary complications from decreased pulmonary functions and promote neurological recovery, identification of respiratory capacity change patterns depending on different postures of stroke patients and investigation of their properties are needed for active rehabilitation. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the changes in vital capacity in response to different positions and to implement the results as clinical data. METHODS: A respiratory function test was administered to 52 patients with stroke in the sitting, supine, paretic side lying, and non-paretic side lying positions. Pulmonary function indexes used for comparison were forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume at 1 second (FEV1), forced expiratory flow 25-75% (FEF 25-75%), and maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV). One-way repeated
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