helps patients with impaired ability to clear mucus from airways. Historically, manual chest percussion was used, now airway clearance therapy refers to a wide variety of mechanical or vest devices that are increasingly used to help remove mucus.

also known as Motor Neuron Disease and Lou Gehrig’s Disease, breaks down tissues in the nervous system resulting in loss of muscle control, strength and ability.

is a condition in which the small air sacs in the lungs called alveoli collapse, preventing normal lung function.

systematic therapeutic drainage of mucus from air passages in the lungs.

a condition in which infected bronchial tubes are permanently and abnormally widened due to destruction of supporting muscle and elastic tissue.

infections within the bronchial tubes and lungs.

the term for a group of disorders of movement and posture due to damage to or abnormal brain tissue, before, during, or after birth.

condition characterized by recurrent bronchial infection which produces increased mucus secretions with a productive cough lasting at least three months for two years in a row.

is a pulmonary condition characterized by chronic obstruction of airflow that interferes with normal breathing and is not fully reversible.

tiny hair-like structures that beat rhythmically to move mucus and debris up and out of the respiratory system.