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Abstract
Background; Bronchiectasis is a chronic airway disease characterized by variety of symptoms in the form of cough, dyspnea, expectoration and poor quality of life. Beside medical treatment, regular chest physiotherapy and Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) may be an effective approach for patients with bronchiectasis, Aim and objectives; was to compare the effects of pulmonary rehabilitation and chest physiotherapy with chest physiotherapy alone in patients with bronchiectasis, Patients and methods; This study was carried out in Chest and Physical medicine, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Departments, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University Hospitals, also in Kafr El Sheikh Chest Hospital on 40 patients with bronchiectasis who were randomly divided into 2 groups: (group I);20 patients who received pulmonary rehabilitation and chest physiotherapy in addition to medical treatment., (group II):;20 patients who received chest physiotherapy in addition to medical treatment. Result; In (group I), there was statistically significant improvement in modified Borg Scale, 6 minutes’ walk test, PaO2, PaCO2, SaO2, FEV1 (actual and predicted %values), FVC(actual and predicted %values), FEV1/FVC actual value, Sputum volume. and training intensity.In (group II) there was statistically significant improvement in, 6 minutes’ walk test, PaO2, PaCO2,, FEV1 (actual and predicted %values), FVC(actual and predicted %values), FEV1/FVC actual value, Sputum volume. Percentage of improvement in all parameters was significantly higher among group (I).Conclusion; pulmonary rehabilitation improved exercise capacity and health related quality of life. Pulmonary rehabilitation in addition to chest physiotherapy are superior than chest physiotherapy alone in improvement of symptoms and exercise tolerance in patients with bronchiectasis. Large multicentre studies are needed to address key secondary endpoints such as the effect on exacerbations, Keywords; Bronchiectasis; Pulmonary rehabilitation; Chest physiotherapy.