EQUIPMENT FOR REHABILITATIVE RESPIRATORY PHYSIOTHERAPY

摘要

An equipment for rehabilitative respiratory physiotherapy is described, comprising a mask or mouthpiece, supplying means to supply air to the mask or mouthpiece, a pressure gauge arranged in fluidic connection with the mask or mouthpiece and means for producing pneumatic vibrations in the air supplied to the mask or mouthpiece. The supplying means supply an air flow rate lower than 250 cm3/s, or lower than 15 liters/minute, at a pressure substantially equal to the atmospheric pressure. The pressure gauge is designed to detect the depression the self-sufficient patient generates in the mask or mouthpiece when he/she starts inhaling air and to generate a corresponding activation signal of the means for producing pneumatic vibrations.