Respiratory physiotherapy (including cough assistance techniques and glossopharyngeal breathing)

Techniques for augmenting normal mucociliary clearance and cough efficacy have been used for many years in the treatment of patients with respiratory disorders of different aetiologies. In recent years, new technologies and more advanced techniques have been developed, which are more comfortable and effective in the majority of patients. Postural drainage with manual chest percussion and shaking has, in most parts of the world, been replaced by more independent and effective techniques.