The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if osteopathic manipulative techniques add benefits for treatment of patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis. The main questions it aims to answer are : Could osteopathic manipulative techniques add benefits for treatment of patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis? Researchers will compare osteopathic manipulative techniques with chest physiotherapy to chest physiotherapy alone to see if osteopathic manipulative techniques works to treat progressive pulmonary fibrosis. Participants will: Take osteopathic manipulative techniques 2 days a week for 4 weeks and chest physiotherapy 3 days a week for 4 weeks
Age range
19 Years – 65 Years
Sex
ALL
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pulmonary function test - FVC
Timeframe: preintervention , post intervention after 4 weeks
pulmonary function test - FEV
Timeframe: pre intervention , post intervention after 4 weeks
pulmonary function test - FEV/FVC
Timeframe: pre intervention , post intervention after 4 weeks