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Effect of foamball massage therapy on childhood athma
Semelová, Anna ; Hošková, Blanka (referee) ; Heller, Jan (advisor)
Title: Effect of foamball massage therapy on childhood asthma Aims: Evaluation of effects of the method of foamball massage therapy on childhood asthma at the pre-school age. Comparison of pulmonary function parameters FVC, FEV1, and PEF before and after therapy. Evaluation of difficulty and availability of the method of foamball massage as a therapeutic intervention in pulmonary obstruction disease. Methods: The sample was composed from preschool children who absolved 4-6 weeks' therapeutic stay in Oliva child medical institution, o. p. s. Control group was composed from children of the same age in whom the method was not applied. Evaluation was based on the spirometry results obtained before and after therapy. In addition, the method of foamball massage was evaluated also by a questionnaire. Results: All the parameters followed were improved in the experimental group after the foamball massage therapy program - FVC increased by 3.54%, FEV1 by 4.16% and PEF by 3.53%. As the control group was examined only at the beginning and not at the end of therapeutic stay in Oliva child medical institution, it is difficult to attribute all the improvements to the application of the foamball massage therapy only. The result of the questionnaire investigation, however, confirmed the positive evaluation of the...
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