Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy
ADULTS AND PAEDIATRICS
Fifth Edition
EDITED BY
ELEANOR MAIN BSc BA MSc PhD FCSP
Professor of Physiotherapy and Director of UCL Postgraduate Physiotherapy Programme, UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences, University College London, London, UK
LINDA DENEHY BAppSc(Phty)
GradDipPhysio(Cardiothoracic Phty) PhD
Professor and Head, Department of Physiotherapy, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
FOREWORD BY
BARBARA A WEBBER FCSP DSc(Hons)
Formerly Head of Physiotherapy, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
JENNIFER A PRYOR PhD MBA MSc FNZSP MCSP
Formerly Senior Research Fellow in Physiotherapy, Royal Brompton & Hare eld NHS Trust; Honorary Lecturer, University College London and Imperial College London, London, UK
S AMMANI PRASAD GradDipPhys FCSP
Cystic Fibrosis Manager, Respiratory Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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OUTCOME MEASUREMENT IN CARDIORESPIRATORY PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE .................195
SELINA M PARRY ■ LINDA DENEHY WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CLAIRE E BALDWIN, BRONWEN CONNOLLY, ELIZABETH H SKINNER, SALLY J SINGH, SARAH RAND, CRAIG A WILLIAMS
7 PHYSIOTHERAPY INTERVENTIONS ......248
ELEANOR MAIN WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SUE BERNEY, LINDA DENEHY, MICHELLE CHATWIN, MARK R ELKINS, DANIEL FLUNT, AMANDA J PIPER, ANNEMARIE L LEE, BREDGE MCCARREN, HARRIET SHANNON, SARAH RAND, ROSEMARY MOORE, BARBARA A WEBBER, MARIE T WILLIAMS
8 OPTIMIZING ENGAGEMENT AND ADHERENCE WITH THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS ..................................402
MANDY BRYON
9 ADULT INTENSIVE CARE......................415
JENNIFER PARATZ ■ GEORGE NTOUMENOPOULOS ■ ALICE Y M JONES ■ CLAIRE FITZGERALD 10 PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE .............455
Paediatric Mechanical Support .........................456
STEWART REID ■ MARK J PETERS
Physiotherapy Management of Ventilated Infants and Children ........................................473
ELEANOR MAIN ■ ALICIA J SPITTLE
11 UPPER ABDOMINAL AND CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY FOR ADULTS........................................513
DOA EL-ANSARY ■ JULIE C REEVE ■ LINDA DENEHY WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SULAKSHANA BALACHANDRAN, MICHELLE MULLIGAN
12 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND REHABILITATION .................................579
Physical Activity and Physical Fitness in Health and Disease ......................................580
CHRIS BURTIN ■ VASILEIOS ANDRIANOPOULOS ■ MARTIJN A SPRUIT
Pulmonary Rehabilitation .................................586
KATY MITCHELL ■ FABIO PITTA ■ ANNE E HOLLAND ■ ANNEMARIE L LEE ■ LINDA DENEHY
Cardiac Rehabilitation .....................................597
JULIE REDFERN ■ JENNIFER JONES
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CARDIORESPIRATORY MANAGEMENT OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS .................639
LINDA DENEHY ■ ELEANOR MAIN
WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SARAH SMAILES, ANITA PLAZA, JENNIFER PARATZ, LEANNE WILLIAMS, CLAIRE BRADLEY, JACQUELINE L LUKE, JACQUELINE ROSS, BROOKE WADSWORTH, KATE J HAYES, PRUE E MUNRO, PAUL AURORA, HELENA VAN ASWEGEN, CRAIG A WILLIAMS, SARAH RAND, CATHERINE L GRANGER, SUE BERNEY, AMY NORDON-CRAFT, LINDA DENEHY
APPENDIX – NORMAL VALUES, CONVERSION TABLE AND ABBREVIATIONS................757
Index ................................................................. 767
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CONTRIBUTORS
Jennifer A Alison MSc Ph D D ip Phty
Professor of Respiratory Physiotherapy, University of Sydney; Clinical Specialist, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Vasileios Andrianopoulos MSc
Clinical Exercise Physiologist, CIRO + Research and Development, Horn, Netherlands
Paul Aurora MRCP Ph D
Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Paediatric Lung Transplantation, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Senior Lecturer, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Sulakshana Balachandran Ph D
BPhysio (Hons )
Senior Physiotherapist, Epworth HealthCare, Melbourne, Australia
Claire E Baldwin Ph D BPhysio (Hons )
Lecturer in Physiotherapy, Acute Care, University of South Australia, Adelaide; Physiotherapist, Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia, Australia
Joy L Barber MBBS MA FRCR
Radiology Registrar, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Sue Berney BPhysio Ph D
Associate Professor, Manager of Physiotherapy Department, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
Claire Bradley BSc MSc
Senior Physiotherapist, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Mandy Bryon Ph D
Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Chris Burtin MSc Ph D
Clinical Researcher in Respiratory Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
Michelle Chatwin Ph D BSc (Hons ) Physiotherapy
Consultant Physiotherapist in Respiratory Support, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Conor D Collins FRCPI FRCR
Consultant Radiologist, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Associate Clinical Professor, University College, Dublin, Ireland
Bronwen Connolly BSc (Hons ) MSc Ph D
Consultant Clinical Research Physiotherapist, Critical Care, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Susan J Copley MB BS MD FRCR FRCP
Consultant Radiologist and Reader in Thoracic Imaging, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
Linda D enehy BApp Sc (Phty )
Grad D ip Physio (Cardiothoracic Phty ) Ph D
Professor and Head, Department of Physiotherapy, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
D oa El -Ansary BApp Sc (Phty ) Int Cert OMT
Ph D APAM
Senior Lecturer, Lead: Engagement, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Physiotherapy Department, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Research Fellow, HeartWeb, Melbourne; Research Fellow, Clinical Research Institute, Westmead, Sydney, Australia
Mark R Elkins BA BPhty MHSc Ph D
Clinical Associate Professor, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney; Research Education Consultant, Centre for Education and Workforce Development, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia
Claire Fitzgerald BSc (Hons ) MSc MCSP
Clinical Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist, London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; Senior Teaching Fellow, MSc Advanced Physiotherapy, University College London, London, UK
D aniel Flunt BApp Sc (Phty , Hons )
Senior Physiotherapist, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Christopher D George FAcad MEd FRCS FRCR
Consultant Radiologist, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; Examiner, Royal College of Radiologists; Honorary Senior Lecturer, St George’s University of London, London, UK
Catherine L Granger BPhysio (Hons ) Ph D Lecturer, Department of Physiotherapy, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Research Lead, Department of Physiotherapy, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Alex Harvey BSc (Hons ) MSc MCSP SRP Physiotherapy Lecturer, Brunel University, Middlesex; Senior Teaching Fellow, University College London, London, UK
Kate J Hayes BPhysio MPhysio (Cardio ) Senior Clinician Physiotherapist, Cardiothoracic Unit, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia
Andrew D Hirschhorn BApp Sc (Phty ) Ph D Senior Associate Physiotherapist, Westmead Private Physiotherapy Services; Research Fellow, Clinical Research Institute, Westmead; Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Physiotherapy, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Anne E Holland BApp Sc (Physio ) Ph D Professor of Physiotherapy, Alfred Health and La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Alice Y M Jones Ph D FACP Honorary Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney; Adjunct Professor, School of Allied Health, Grif th University, South East Queensland, Australia
Jennifer Jones Ph D MSc BSc (Hons ) PGCert Ed Director of Croí Prevention Programmes, Training and Education, Croi Cardiac Foundation, Galway, Ireland; Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Health Promotion, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; Reader in Physiotherapy, Brunel University; Honorary Research and Teaching Associate, Imperial College London, London, UK
Mandy Jones Ph D MSc MCSP SRP Course Director MSc (pre-registration) Physiotherapy, Brunel University, Middlesex, UK
Sarah Keilty MSc MCSP
Consultant Physiotherapist, Respiratory and Critical Care, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Annemarie L Lee BPhysio MPhysio Ph D
Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Jacqueline L Luke BSc (Physio , Hons )
Senior Clinician, Victoria Liver Transplant Unit, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
Eleanor Main BSc BA MSc Ph D FCSP
Professor of Physiotherapy and Director of UCL
Postgraduate Physiotherapy Programme, UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences, University College London, London, UK
Lyndal J Maxwell BApp Sc (Phty )
Grad D ip (Cardiothoracic Phty )
MApp Sc (Cardiopulmonary Phty ) Ph D
Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, Australia
Bredge Mccarren BSc MApp Sc (Phty )
Grad D ip Physio (Cardiothoracic ) Ph D
Senior Lecturer, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
Katy Mitchell MSCP Ph D
Research Associate, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
Rosemary Moore BApp Sc (Phty )
Grad D ip Physio (Cardiothoracic )
MPhysio (Research ) Ph D
Physiotherapist/Research Fellow, Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia
Michelle Mulligan BMed MBA AFRACMA
FAICD FANZCA
Specialist Anaesthetist, Sydney, Australia
Sean F Mungovan BApp Sc (Phty ) MPhil
Principal Physiotherapist, Westmead Private Physiotherapy Services, Westmead Private Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Director, The Clinical Research Institute, Sydney, Australia; Honorary Fellow, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Prue E Munro BPhysio Grad D ip Hlth Mgt
Senior Clinician Physiotherapist, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia
Amy N ordon -Craft PT DSc
Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy Program, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, USA
George N toumenopoulos BApp Sc BSc
Grad D ip Clin Epid Ph D
Associate Professor of Physiotherapy, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney; Consultant Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy Department, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, Australia; Honorary Consultant Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy Department, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Jennifer Paratz MPhty Ph D FACP
Principal Research Fellow, Grif th University; Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Selina M Parry BPhysio (Hons ) Grad Cert
Uni Teaching Ph D Lecturer, Department of Physiotherapy, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Mark J Peters Ph D MBCh B MRCP FRCPCH Professor of Paediatric Intensive Care, Institute of Child Health, University College London; Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Intensivist, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Amanda J Piper BApp Sc (Phty ) MEd Ph D
Senior Physiotherapist, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Clinical Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Fabio Pitta PT Ph D
Professor of Physiotherapy, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
Anita Plaza BPhty (Hons )
Consultant Physiotherapist, Professor Stuart Pegg Adult Burn Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Sarah Rand BA BSc MSc
Senior Teaching Fellow, University College London Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Julie Redfern BApp Sc (Phty , Hons ) BSc Ph D
Associate Professor, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney; Head of Cardiovascular Health Services and Public Health Program, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia
Julie C Reeve Grad D ip Phys MSc Ph D
Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health and Environmental Studies, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Stewart Reid MA(O xon ) MB BCh FRCA
Consultant, Paediatric Anaesthesia and Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, UK
D avid A B Richards OAM BSc (Med ) MBBS
MD FRACP FCSANZ FACC
Cardiologist, Westmead Private Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Cardiologist, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK; Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia; Conjoint Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Jacqueline Ross BApp Sc (Phty ) Grad D ip N euroscience
Senior Clinician Physiotherapist, Victorian Spinal Cord Service, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
Harriet Shannon BSc (Hons ) MA Ph D MCSP
Senior Teaching Fellow, University College London, Institute of Child Health, UK
Sally J Singh Ph D FCSP
Professor of Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Centre of Exercise and Rehabilitation Science, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Leicester University, Leicester, UK
Elizabeth H Skinner BPhysio (Hons ) Ph D
Director, Physiotherapy Research, Western Health; Senior Intensive Care Unit Physiotherapist, Western Health; Honorary Research Fellow, University of Melbourne; Honorary Research Fellow, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Sarah Smailes BSc (Hons ) MCSP Ph D
Physiotherapy Consultant, St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Broom eld Hospital; Visiting Clinical Fellow, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, UK
Alicia J Spittle Ph D Mp hysio , Bp hysio
Associate Professor, University of Melbourne; Principal Research Fellow, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; Senior Physiotherapist, Royal Women’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia
Martijn A Spruit PT Ph D
Scienti c Advisor, Department of Research and Education, CIRO + Center of Expertise for Chronic Organ Failure, Horn, Netherlands; Associate Professor in Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation at REVAL – Rehabilitation Research Center, BIOMED – Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
Amanda Thomas MApp Sc (Ex & Sp Sc )
BApp Sc (Phys ) MCSP
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, Critical Care Outreach, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Vice President, International Confederation of Cardiorespiratory Physical Therapy, Clinical Advisor, United Kingdom Con dential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death, London, UK
Helena Van Aswegen BSc (Hons ) MSc Ph D
Associate Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Brooke Wadsworth BSc Phty (Hons )
MPhil
Advanced Physiotherapist, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Barbara A Webber FCSP DSc (Hons )
Former Head of Physiotherapy, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Craig A Williams BEd (Hons ) MSc Ph D FACSM FBASES
Professor of Paediatric Physiology and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Leanne Williams BSc MCSP
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, London, UK
Marie T Williams Ph D
Grad Cert (Cardiorespiratory Phyty ) BApp Sc (Phyty )
Associate Professor and Associate Head of School: Research, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
ANATOMYANDPHYSIOLOGY
OFTHERESPIRATORYAND CARDLACSYSTEMS
MANDYJONES-AIEXHARVEYIELEANORMAIN
CHAPTEROUTLINE
INTRODUCTIONTORESPIRATION2
UPPERRESPIRATORYTRACT3
THEBRONCHIALTREE4
THEllJNGSANDPlEURAE5
SURFACEMARKINGSOFTHElUNGS8
TheRightlung8
Theleftlung8
ThePleura9
THETHORACICCAGE9
MovementsoftheRibs9
MUSClESOFRESPIRATION11
Diaphragm11
Intercostals13
AccessoryMusclesofInspirati
MusclesofForcedExpiration1
RESPIRATORYMECHANICO
RespiratoryPressures1
Ventilation14
MUCOCIIIARY S
Cilia15
Aqueous(Sol)layer15
Vlscous(Gel)layer15
COLlATERALVENTIlATIONl5
AIRWAYSRESISTANCEl6
AirwayInnervation16
SiteofHighestResistance16
Poiseuille’slaw16
ClinicalRelevanceofPoiseuille’slaw16
ConsequencesofIncreasedAirwayResistance17
ClinicalSignsofAirfowlimitation17
ProblemsAssociatedwithAirfowlimitation17
ReversalofAirfowlimitation17
RESPIRATORYCOMPHANCE18
FactorsAffectinglungCompliance18
AlteredlungCompliancel8
ClosingVolume18
PulmonarySurfaantl8
oreathing19
ryControlCentres(RCCs)19
eedullaryControlCentres19 ePontineControlCentres20
HigherBrainCentres20
ClinicalFailureoftheRespiratoryControl Centres20
Ondine’sCurse2O
RespiratoryControlFeedbackMechanism20
ClinicalFailureoftheEffectors20
RespiratorySystemSensors21
Mechanoreceptors21
IrritantReceptors21
Juxta-CapillaryReceptors21
Proprioceptors21
SpinalCordRefexes21
NasopulminaryRefexes21
Chemoreceptors21
PeripheralChemoreceptors22
CentralChemoreceptors22
StimulationoftheCentralChemoreceptors22
CentralChemoreceptorsandCOPD22
ClinicalRelevanceofHypercapnicCOPD23 lossofHypoxicDrive23
IncreasedV/OMismatch23
HaldaneEffect23
lUNGVOlUMES&VENTIlATION23
lungVolumes23
lungCapacities23
Factors A ecting Lung Volumes 23
Clinical Relevance o Lung Volumes and Capacities 24
Measuring Lung Volumes and Capacities 25
Why Assess Spirometry? 25
Ventilation Terminology 25
Anatomical Dead Space 25
Alveolar Dead Space 25
Physiological Dead Space 25
Alveolar Ventilation 25
Clinical Relevance o Alveolar Ventilation 26
Alteration o Alveolar Ventilation 26
GAS EXCHANGE 26
Fick’s Law and Gas Exchange 27
Concentration Gradient and Gas Solubility 27
Transit Time o Red Blood Cell (RBC) 28
Thickness o the Alveolar Membrane 28
Sur ace Area o Alveolar Membrane 28
Ventilation and Per usion Matching ( V/Q ) 28
Distribution o Ventilation in Healthy Lung 28
Distribution o Per usion in Healthy Lung 29
V/ Q Matching in the Sel -Ventilating Adult 29
Maintaining V/ Q Matching 30
Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction (HPV) 30
Pulmonary Capillary Recruitment 30
Diagnosis o V/Q Mismatch 30
Bronchiole Response 30
Transport o Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide 31
Oxygen Transport 31
Oxygen and Haemoglobin 31
Haemoglobin’s A nity or Oxygen 32
The Oxygen Dissociation Curve 32
Why Does O 2 Need to Dissociate? 32
Factors A ecting Hb A nity or O 2 32
Diphosphoglycerate (DPG) 32
INTRODUCTION TO RESPIRATION
Carbon Dioxide Transport 33
Carbon Dioxide and Haemoglobin 33
Carbon Dioxide as Bicarbonate 33
Carriage From Tissue to Lungs 33
THE EFFECT OF GROWTH AND AGEING ON RESPIRATION 34
Embryonic Period (Weeks 3–5) 34
Pseudoglandular Period (Weeks 6–16) 34
Canalicular Period (Weeks 17–24) 34
Terminal Sac Period (Week 24–Term) 34
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHILDREN AND ADULTS 35
Anatomical Di erences in the Respiratory System between Children and Adults 35
Physiological Di erences in the Respiratory System between Children and Adults 38
INTRODUCTION TO CARDIAC ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 40
Layers o the Heart Wall 41
Heart Valves 41
Coronary Circulation 41
Cardiac Cycle 41
Heart Sounds 42
Electrical Conductivity o the Heart 42
Electrical Conductivity and Electrocardiogram (ECG) 43
Autonomic Regulation o Heart Rate 44
Blood Pressure 44
Stroke Volume 44
Total Peripheral Resistance 45
Renal System 45
Auto Regulation o Blood Pressure 45
REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING 46
The supply of oxygen to body tissues is essential to life. As well as nutrients, cells require oxygen in order to release energy as part of tissue metabolism. As the cells use oxygen, they produce carbon dioxide, which is a metabolic waste product and is toxic if allowed to accumulate.
The primary function of the respiratory system is to supply the body with oxygen taken from atmospheric air, and to dispose of carbon dioxide. This complex process is known as respiration and is com-
prised of four stages: ventilation, external respiration, gas transport and internal respiration ( Marieb and Hoehn 2013).
The respiratory system is responsible for two of these stages: ventilation and external respiration. Ventilation is the movement of air in and out of the lungs, and external respiration (pulmonary gas exchange) is the diffusion of oxygen from the lungs to the blood, and carbon dioxide from the blood to the lungs. To achieve this, air is drawn by conductive ow into the alveoli and presented to the gas-exchanging surface where the process of exchange occurs by diffusion. The