10
Participants
Start Date
February 1, 2017
Primary Completion Date
January 10, 2018
Study Completion Date
January 10, 2018
Baseline (Huff-Cough alone)
"Subjects will provide two huffs (forced expiratory maneuver with open glottis) followed by a cough every six minutes for a total of six Huff-Coughs."
Oscillatory Positive Expiatory Pressure Device
Subjects will use an Areobika® branded OPEP device (10 breaths through highest tolerated resistance) prior to undergoing a Huff-Cough. Subjects will use the device six times every six minutes.
Whole-Body Vibration Platform
Subjects will be seated on a PowerPlate® whole-body vibration platform for 90 seconds prior to Huff-Cough. Six intervals on the platform will be completed six minutes apart.
High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillatory Vest
"Subjects will use TheVest® using a standardized Minnesota Protocol divided into six, four-minute segments, each followed by a Huff-Cough."
Marsico Clinical Research Center, Chapel Hill
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
OTHER
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
OTHER