EFFECTIVENESS OF APPLICATION BUTEYKO BREATHING METHOD IN THE COMPLEX PROGRAM OF PHYSICAL THERAPY OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PATIENT DISEASES

Abstract

Purpose: to evaluate the effectiveness of using Buteyko breathing in the complex program of physical therapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Methods. In the course of the study, the literature analysis, physiological methods (conducting breath tests (Stange, Gench), assessment of the severity of shortness of breath on the Borg scale, determining the severity of shortness of breath on the Fletcher scale, assessment of the functional state of patients based on the results of a 6-minute test- walk) methods of mathematical statistics (calculation of the reliability of the difference between the results obtained using Student’s t-criterion). Results. The study was attended by 40 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who were inpatient treatment at the therapeutic department of the city clinical hospital in IvanoFrankivsk and were divided into two statistically homogeneous groups. Patient re-testing showed that recorded respiratory detention rates after physical rehabilitation in subjects who had been followed by Buteyko breathing technique were significantly higher than those in patients treated with traditional physical therapy, and the number of people with severe shortness of breath and degree of dyspnea was less. Conclusion. After the Buteyko breathing exercises in patients with COPD, the functional status of the respiratory system is substantially improved, confirming the results of breath test, and the absence of patients with 2 degrees of dyspnea on the SCORE scale after rehabilitation. Further perspective is the study of the possibility of inclusion in the program of physical therapy of patients with COPD breathing techniques by Buteyko in combination with physical activity of a certain intensity