COPD is a preventable and treatable disease with some significant extrapulmonary effects that may contribute to the
severity in patients. It has become one of the leading causes of fatality worldwide. The ACBT corrects breathing pattern and it
strengthen respiratory muscles with airway clearance, these all in a combination improves respiratory functions in COPD
patients. Autogenic drainage is found to less likely cause oxygen desaturation than postural drainage and percussion.
Aim: To evaluate the immediate effect of Conventional Physiotherapy versus ACBT with Autogenic Drainage (AD) on dyspnoea
and cough in patient with COPD.
Procedure: An experimental comparative study design which included 20 patients with COPD aged between 40 – 70 years.
Patients were randomly allocated in 2 groups, either Conventional Physiotherapy (Control) or ACBT with AD (Experimental)
group. The patients in control group received Deep Breathing Exercises followed by Active Range of Motion of both upper
extremities and Huffing
