Associate Professor Annemarie Lee - Understanding Bronchiectasis – Part 1, assessment and airway clearance techniques
Description
Associate Professor Annemarie Lee is a leading cardiorespiratory physiotherapist, educator and researcher whose work has helped shape how we understand and manage bronchiectasis in physiotherapy practice. This is the first episode of a two-part series on bronchiectasis. In this episode, we discuss subjective and objective assessment of people with bronchiectasis and provide an introduction to airway clearance techniques. A huge thanks to Annemarie for sharing your expertise.
Use the timestamps below to jump to sections of interest.
In this episode:
0:00 About this episode and welcome Annemarie
4:50 What is bronchiectasis?
8:50 Other impacts of bronchiectasis – loss of physical function, pelvic floor dysfunction, low back pain, reflux, etc.
12:50 Emerging treatments
13:40 Objective assessment of people with bronchiectasis
21:30 Airway clearance techniques
25:00 Bronchiectasis Toolbox website
29:12 Strong Lungs website
31:50 Summary
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