Weak For Recommendation
Percussion and vibrations may be provided to improve secretion clearance in people with SCI who have respiratory muscle weakness.
| Percussion and vibration (v no intervention) on secretion clearance in people with SCI who have respiratory muscle weakness | |||||||
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| P | People with SCI who have respiratory muscle weakness. | Evidence recommendation No evidence recommendation Reason: No RCTs | Weak opinion statement FOR Consensus Statement: Percussion and vibrations may be provided to improve secretion clearance in people with SCI who have respiratory muscle weakness. Clinical note: Percussion and vibrations are usually provided as an adjunct to other respiratory therapies. |
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| I | Percussion and vibration | ||||||
| C | No intervention | Consensus-based opinion statement Weak for (85%) |
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| O | Secretion clearance | ||||||
The Australian and NZ SCI Physiotherapy guideline committee recommends percussion and vibrations may be provided to improve secretion clearance in people with SCI who have respiratory muscle weakness.
This is a consensus-based opinion statement supported by the opinions of the experts. There are no randomized controlled trials on this topic. The guideline states:
Percussion and vibrations may be provided to improve secretion clearance in people with SCI who have respiratory muscle weakness.
This statement was formed by considering the opinions of the experts alongside other factors. The other factors that were considered were benefits and harms, values and preferences, resource use, equity, accessibility, and feasibility. This is a consensus-based opinion statement. Consensus-based opinion statements are less robust than evidence-based recommendations. They can be strong or weak. This is a weak consensus-based opinion statement which means that the guideline panel is confident they can probably recommend percussion and vibrations to improve secretion clearance in people with SCI who have respiratory muscle weakness based on opinion.
To learn more about the research related to this intervention go to the research summary tab on the website.