Role of special breathing techniques in current physiotherapy practice for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases

Savchenko Valentyn M. Role of special breathing techniques in current physiotherapy practice for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(1):378-390. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2579170 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6285 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26.01.2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 23.01.2018. Revised: 26.01.2018. Accepted: 31.01.2018. ROLE OF SPECIAL BREATHING TECHNIQUES IN CURRENT PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES Valentyn M. Savchenko Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, Kyiv, Ukraine Abstract The article determines the role of special breathing techniques in current physiotherapy practice for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) taking into account scientific sources. The research is based on the scientific sources selected from electronic databases of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, the Russian Scientific Electronic Library "eLibrary", Web of Science, PubMed, PEDro over the resent 10 years. Special breathing techniques include exercises for respiratory muscles (respiratory gymnastics) and airway clearance techniques (lung clearance: manual percussion and vibration, postural drainage, controlled coughing, autogenic drainage, and active cycle of breathing techniques). Most physiotherapists prescribe physical exercises (169/189, 89 %), forced expiratory technique (153/189, 81 %) and active cycle of breathing techniques (149/189, 79 %). There is currently no convincing evidence of the clinical and rehabilitation efficiency of the use of special breathing techniques. Further scientific research should be undertaken to identify the evidence of the role of special breathing techniques in physiotherapy practice for COPD. Key words: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), physiotherapy, rehabilitation, special breathing techniques