Immediate Effect of Diaphragmatic Myofascial Release in COPD Patient Asawadekar Gauri Subhash1, Mahajan Aashirwad2 1BPT intern, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam College of Physiotherapy, PIMS (DU), Ahmednagar, Loni 2Assisant professor, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam College of Physiotherapy, PIMS (DU), Ahmednagar, Loni Online published on 21 November, 2019. Abstract Background Diaphragmatic myofascial release techniques are manipulative treatments that attempts to release tension in the fascia in which pressure is applied to muscle and fascia. Though these techniques are widely used in clinical practice, there is hardly any study which determined the immediate effect of diaphragmatic myofascial release techniques on Peak Expiratory Flow Rate and dyspnea in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease. Hence this study was designed with the same objective. Methodology Sixty COPD patients were selected by convenient sampling. Outcome measures used were Peak Flow Meter, Modified Borg Scale. Their pre intervention peak expiratory flow rate and dyspnea was measured. After recording pre-intervention reading diaphragmatic myofascial release was given with 2 sets of 10 repetitions with one-minute interval between them. Then post-intervention outcome readings were recorded. Results The data was analyzed using student's t-test p<0.001. Pre-intervention score for peak expiratory flow rate showed average (±SD) 96.5±36.72 and for Modified Borg Scale score it was 3.68 ± 0.812856. Post intervention data collected showed the average (±SD) of 136± 56.99 for Peak Expiratory Flow Rate and 1.78 ± 0.80 for Modified Borg Scale. Conclusion Study concluded that diaphragmatic myofascial release significantly improves peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) (p<0.001) and reduces dyspnea in COPD patients. Top Keywords COPD, Diaphragmatic Myofascial Release, Peak Flow Meter, PEFR, Dyspnea, Modified Borg Scale. Top |