TY - JOUR
T1 - Exercise as airway clearance therapy (ExACT) in cystic fibrosis
T2 - a UK-based e-Delphi survey of patients, caregivers and health professionals
AU - Saynor, Zoe Louise
AU - Cunningham, Steve
AU - Morrison, Lisa
AU - Main, Eleanor
AU - Vogiatzis, Ioannis
AU - Reid, Simon
AU - Urquhart, Donald
PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - Replacing traditional airway clearance therapy (tACT) with exercise (ExACT) in people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF) is a top research priority. A UK-based e-Delphi consensus was performed to inform the type(s), duration and intensity of ExACT. The expert panel comprised CF physiotherapists, doctors, pwCF and parents/partners. Exercise ACT was considered to be aerobic activity, of at least 20 min duration and intense enough to elicit deep breathing. Consensus was reached that assessment breaths, coughs and huffs should accompany exercise to remove loose secretions, with support for trials to investigate ExACT versus tACT during times of stable disease but not pulmonary exacerbations.
AB - Replacing traditional airway clearance therapy (tACT) with exercise (ExACT) in people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF) is a top research priority. A UK-based e-Delphi consensus was performed to inform the type(s), duration and intensity of ExACT. The expert panel comprised CF physiotherapists, doctors, pwCF and parents/partners. Exercise ACT was considered to be aerobic activity, of at least 20 min duration and intense enough to elicit deep breathing. Consensus was reached that assessment breaths, coughs and huffs should accompany exercise to remove loose secretions, with support for trials to investigate ExACT versus tACT during times of stable disease but not pulmonary exacerbations.
KW - Cystic Fibrosis
KW - Exercise
KW - Paediatric Lung Disaese
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85139197402&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1136/thorax-2022-219213
DO - 10.1136/thorax-2022-219213
M3 - Comment/debate
SN - 0040-6376
VL - 78
SP - 88
EP - 91
JO - Thorax
JF - Thorax
IS - 1
ER -
