Indian Journal of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy—An International Journal
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 4

A comparative study between Thera PEP and incentive spirometer in upper abdominal surgery patients

  • Author:
  • Shabana Begum1, Mohd. Waseem1, Faizan Ahmed1, Anil Agarwal2, Shamim Ahmad3, Faheem Ahmad4
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 147 to 149

1Deptt. of Rehabilitation of Science, Jamia Hamdard University,

2Deptt. of G.I. Surgery, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi

3Translam College of Pharmacy, Meerut

4Faculty of Pharmacy, Alkhums, Libya

Abstract

To determine and compare the effects of TheraPEP (TP) and Incentive Spirometer (IS) devices on Heart Rate (HR) and Respiratory Rate (RR) and prevention of Post Operative Pulmonary Complications after Upper Abdominal Surgery (UAS) in patients.

30 Patients of UAS were randomly allocated into two groups. Group- A (N= 15) patients were treated with TP where as other Group-B (N=15) treated with IS for 10 minutes. Effects of TP and IS were investigated on HR and RR, immediate post intervention and 45 minutes of post intervention.

Data was analyzed using SPSS-15 statistical software. HR is significant in both TP and IS groups where as RR is more significant in TP than IS intervention.

It concluded that both devices showed effectiveness in secretion clearance and improvement on HR and RR after UAS on patients. But TheraPEP more effective than IS. TP may choice of treatment for these patients and it is easy to use and also the choice of patient.

Keywords

Incentive Spirometer, TheraPEP, Upper Abdominal Surgery