Physiotherapy for airway clearance in paediatrics

B Oberwaldner - European respiratory journal, 2000 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The basic therapeutic principles in paediatric chest physiotherapy (CPT) are identical to
those applied in adults. However, the child's growth and development results in continuing …

Tracheostomy care in the home

B Oberwaldner, E Eber - Paediatric respiratory reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
There are hardly any controlled studies in paediatric tracheostomy care; instead, most
established standards, procedures and details have been elaborated at the bedside by trial and …

Forced expirations against a variable resistance: a new chest physiotherapy method in cystic fibrosis

B Oberwaldner, JC Evans, MS Zach - Pediatric pulmonology, 1986 - Wiley Online Library
… the period from A to B (evenly distributed over the entire interval), one from B to C. and
nine … five patients were hospitalized during the period from A to B and three from B to D (evenly …

Introduction of the harmonised respiratory physiotherapy curriculum

…, E Main, S Mitchell, A Niculescu, B Oberwaldner… - Breathe, 2019 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Building on the core syllabus for postgraduate training in respiratory physiotherapy, published
in 2014, the European Respiratory Society (ERS) respiratory physiotherapy task force has …

Cystic fibrosis: physical exercise versus chest physiotherapy.

M Zach, B Oberwaldner, F Häusler - Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1982 - adc.bmj.com
… exercise and sport led by a chest physiotherapist (B 0), experienced in CF care and familiar
with … Zach MS, Purrer B, Oberwaldner B. Effect of swimming on forced expiration and sputum …

Effect of swimming on forced expiration and sputum clearance in cystic fibrosis

MS Zach, B Purrer, B Oberwaldner - The Lancet, 1981 - Elsevier
… The swimming lessons were held by two chest physiotherapists (B. and B. P.) experienced
in CF care and known to the patients. In a period of 71/2 weeks 17 lessons of 1 h were held in …

Self-administered chest physiotherapy in cystic fibrosis: a comparative study of high-pressure PEP and autogenic drainage

A Pfleger, B Theissl, B Oberwaldner, MS Zach - Lung, 1992 - Springer
Fourteen patients with cystic fibrosis were trained in 2 self-administered chest physiotherapy
(PT) techniques: high-pressure PEP-mask physiotherapy (PEP), and autogenic drainage (…

Chest physiotherapy in hospitalized patients with cystic fibrosis: a study of lung function effects and sputum production

B Oberwaldner, B Theissl, A Rucker… - European Respiratory …, 1991 - Eur Respiratory Soc
In order to evaluate the short-term lung function effects of high-pressure positive expiratory
pressure (PEP)-mask physiotherapy (PT) in relation to PT-assisted sputum production, we …

Tracheostomy care in the hospital

E Eber, B Oberwaldner - Paediatric respiratory reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
Long-term tracheostomy in infants and children is associated with significant morbidity. The
majority of paediatric patients experience tracheostomy-related complications during …

Bronchodilators increase airway instability in cystic fibrosis

MS Zach, B Oberwaldner, G Forche… - American Review of …, 1985 - atsjournals.org
Supramaximal flow transients of partial expiratory flow-volume curves are caused by a rapidly
emptying compartment. By superimposing a maximal and a series of partial expiratory flow…