Comparison between maximal respiratory pressures obtained from digital and analog manovacuometer in healthy children

Authors

  • Janiara Borges da Costa Melo Physical Therapist, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil
  • Tânia Fernandes Campos Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil
  • Diana Amélia de Freitas Physical Therapist, Master’s Degree, Physical Therapy Program, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil
  • Raíssa de Oliveira Borja Physical Therapist, Master’s Degree, Physical Therapy Program, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil
  • Rafaela Andrade do Nascimento Physical Therapist, Master’s Degree student, Physical Therapy Program, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil
  • Karla Morganna Pereira Pinto de Mendonça Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil

Keywords:

Respiratory muscles, Muscle strength, Evaluation, Diagnostic equipment, Child.

Abstract

Background: The assessment of respiratory muscle strength in children is needed for clinical reasons; the instrument used to measure the strength of respiratory muscles is the manometer, which can be either analog or digital.

Objectives: To compare the values obtained by analog and digital manometer in healthy children aged between 7 to 11 years old.

Methods: 49 schoolchildren (25 boys) from public schools were assessed. Anthropometric measurements were collected in addition to the measurement of maximal respiratory pressures by analog and digital manometer. The paired Student’s t test was used to compare the measurements of maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressures obtained by the two instruments. The Bland-Altman analysis assessed mean differences (BIAS) and agreement between the equipment’s used.

Results: No significant difference between values for maximal respiratory pressures in both devices. However, Bland-Altman analysis showed large limits of agreement between the values obtained by the two manometers.

Conclusion: Data from this study demonstrate that, although no significant differences were observed between the measures obtained by the two devices in a sample of healthy children, agreement between them showed a clinically unacceptable range for measures of maximal respiratory pressure.

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Published

18-06-2013

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MELO, J. B. da C.; CAMPOS, T. F.; DE FREITAS, D. A.; BORJA, R. de O.; DO NASCIMENTO, R. A.; DE MENDONÇA, K. M. P. P. Comparison between maximal respiratory pressures obtained from digital and analog manovacuometer in healthy children. Journal of Respiratory and CardioVascular Physical Therapy, [S. l.], v. 1, n. 2, p. 44–50, 2013. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/revistadefisioterapia/article/view/3598. Acesso em: 28 apr. 2024.

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2012)

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