Manual Therapy in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

The STMTP consisted of a pre-determined set of seven (7) soft tissue techniques delivered as part of a single treatment session lasting approximately 30 minutes. The techniques and their respective durations were: suboccipital release (5 minutes), anterior thoracic myofascial and sternum release (5 minutes), anterior cervical myofascial release (5 minutes), costal ligament balance (5 minutes) and muscular energy technique (MET) to the following muscles - scalenes (1 minute and 40 seconds), pectoralis minor (1 minute and 40 seconds) and latissimus dorsi and serratus anterior (1 minute and 40 seconds)