Rehabilitative treatment of children presenting with bronchitis and reduced tone of chest muscles

Functional dyscoordination of the chest muscles in children presenting with bronchitis manifests itself as disturbances of the tone-to-strength ratio, the appearance of alternating strained and relaxed zones characterized by morbidity and enhanced sensitivity, altered physiological curvature of the thoracic spine, reduced biolectrical activity in the relaxed zones and its increase in the strained ones, and changes in the chronostructure of the respiratory cycle. The dyscoordination may be caused by obstructive bronchitis, functional blockade of intervertebral and costal-vertebral articulations, and hypodynamia. Good therapeutic effect was achieved by the combined application of rehabilitative techniques including manual therapy, remedial respiratory gymnastics, application of amplitude-modulated sinusoidal electrical current to the dorsal region, and classical massage.

rehabilitation, respiratory muscles, dyscoordination, bronchitis, children