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Impact Of Lung Boost Exerciser On Pulmonary Functions In selected Types Of Anaemia
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Abstract
Background: Anemia causes a decrease in haemoglobin, which limits the amount of oxygen available to the tissues, leading to decreased pulmonary functions. Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of 12weeks of lung boost exerciser on pulmonary functions in different types of anaemia. Methods: Eighty participants from both genders (35 male and 45 female) with age ranging from 20-35 years enrolled in this research. They were selected from haematology department of Al-Kasr Al Aini hospital. They were split into four equal-sized groups. The electronic spirometer was used to assess pulmonary functions which are forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in first second (FEV1), peak expiratory flow (PEF)and (FEV1/FVC) ratio in all patients respectively. group (A) included twenty patients with iron deficiency anaemia and group (C) included twenty patients with haemolytic anaemia received lung boost exerciser program for thirty minutes three times / week, for twelve weeks and medical treatment, while group (B) included twenty patients with iron deficiency anaemia and group (D) included twenty patients with haemolytic anaemia received medical treatment only. Results: All of the pulmonary functions measures showed statistically significant increases throughout all groups. As group (A) shows percentage of improvement equal ↑FVC (20.44%), ↑FEV1 (23.56%), ↑FEV1/FVC ratio (2.58%) and ↑PEF (27.88%) , group (B) shows percentage of improvement equal ↑FVC (2.56%), ↑FEV1 (1.93%), ↑FEV1/FVC ratio (0.62%) and ↑PEF (4.47%), while group (C) shows percentage of improvement equal ↑FVC (7.51%), ↑FEV1 (9.11%),↑FEV1/FVC ratio (1.49%) and ↑PEF (18.00%) and group (D) shows percentage of improvement equal ↑FVC (1.25%), ↑FEV1 (0.31%),↑FEV1/FVC ratio (0.93%) and ↑PEF (3.11%). The difference favoured group A more significantly. Conclusion: It was concluded that anaemic individuals who used the Lung Boost Exerciser for 12 weeks experienced significant improvements in their pulmonary functions, in addition to high improvement in iron deficiency than in hameolytic anaemia.