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Abstract
This study was conducted to detect and compare the effectiveness of inspiratory muscle trainer and incentive spirometer on pulmonary function in post-menopausal asthma. Thirty women complained from post-menopausal asthma , ages ranged from 50-60 years ,they were selected form New Kasr Aini Teaching Hospital. They were divided randomly into two groups equal in number, each group contained 15 patients. Patients in group (A): managed with inspiratory muscle trainer in addition to traditional chest physical therapy intervention (Deep breath, cough training) while patients in group (B): received traditional chest physical therapy intervention and incentive spirometer. Patients in both groups were assessed before as well as after 6 weeks of treatment to measure lung functions using electronic spirometer. Results: The analysis of the results of the current study showed that pulmonary functions in postmenopausal women significantly improved in inspiratry muscle trainer than incentive spirometer as it was indicated by improvements in FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC and MVV in group (A) than in group (B)