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Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of inspiratory trainer on respiratory muscles strength post liver transplantation. Subjects: 40 men patients with mean age (41 + 3.19)post liver transplantation surgery participated in this study, patients were assigned into two groups, equal in number, the first group was the control group (group A) who received traditional physical therapy program which include deep breathing exercise in form of diaphragmatic, apical and costal breathing, training about right way of cough and early ambulation from bed, and the second group (group B) was the study group who received inspiratory muscle trainer IMT plus traditional physical therapy program 3 times / week, twice daily for 8 weeks. Forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) and maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV) were assessed before the treatment application (pre-treatment) and after 8 weeks of treatment application (post-treatment) for each patient in both groups of the study