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The Efficiency of Forced Inhalation in Promoting Venous Return

Beck, Kayla D.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468497752

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2016, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Athletic Training (Health Sciences and Professions).
The physiological respiratory pump has the potential of encouraging a morevefficient venous return of the lower extremity. This study examined the effects of a diaphragmatic breathing pattern coupled with three common swelling reduction techniques on venous return of the ankle. A pretest-posttest true experimental design was used in this study to compare ankle swelling reduction rates of selected venous returninterventions. Venous return in the lower limbs is substantially decreased as a result of gravitational forces acting down on the body. This does not eliminate the possibility of allowing for faster return of blood to the heart, however. When a patient has swelling to a body site, there are several interventions that are clinically practiced to promote venous return. These interventions include: elevation, sequential compression, and muscle pumps. The respiratory pump is the most powerful mechanism of venous return, but it has not yet been clinically tested or applied. This study randomly placed participants into three intervention groups and implemented each with or without the respiratory pump using a diaphragmatic breathing pattern. This study determined that there was no statistical or clinical significance between elevation, sequential compression, or muscle contraction with forced inhalation compared to elevation, sequential compression, or muscle contraction without forced inhalation. There was also no statistical or clinical significance between the swelling reduction techniques. Forced inhalation using a diaphragmatic breathing pattern did not significantly promote a faster venous return and reduction of swelling. However, the study was underpowered; a larger number of participants was needed to find both statistical and clinical significance. Further research is needed to investigate the power of the respiratory pump in venous return to the lower extremity.
Chad Starkey (Committee Chair)
Jeff Russell (Committee Member)
Janet Simon (Committee Member)
56 p.
Alternative Medicine; Anatomy and Physiology; Health; Health Care; Medicine; Occupational Therapy; Physical Therapy; Physiology; Sports Medicine; Therapy
respiratory pump; venous return; swelling reduction; forced inhalation; ankle injury; diaphragmatic breathing

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  • Beck, K. D. (2016). The Efficiency of Forced Inhalation in Promoting Venous Return [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468497752

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Beck, Kayla. The Efficiency of Forced Inhalation in Promoting Venous Return. 2016. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468497752.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Beck, Kayla. "The Efficiency of Forced Inhalation in Promoting Venous Return." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1468497752

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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