Effect of selective manual therapy techniques in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomized control trial

The combination of MT approaches with conventional physical therapy leads to a clinically significant difference in AP chest expansion, FVC, FEV1, CVA, functional capacity, and dyspnea, and a statistically significant difference in kyphosis angle, FEV1/FVC%, and lateral chest expansion compared to using conventional physical therapy only in patients with COPD.