Associate Professor Annemarie Lee - Understanding Bronchiectasis – Part 1, assessment and airway clearance techniques

Associate Professor Annemarie Lee is a leading cardiorespiratory physiotherapist, educator and researcher whose work has helped shape how we understand and manage bronchiectasis in physiotherapy practice. This is the first episode of a two-part series on bronchiectasis. In this episode, we discuss subjective and objective assessment of people with bronchiectasis and provide an introduction to airway clearance techniques. A huge thanks to Annemarie for sharing your expertise.

Use the timestamps below to jump to sections of interest.

In this episode:

0:00 About this episode and welcome Annemarie

4:50 What is bronchiectasis?

8:50 Other impacts of bronchiectasis – loss of physical function, pelvic floor dysfunction, low back pain, reflux, etc.

12:50 Emerging treatments

13:40 Objective assessment of people with bronchiectasis

21:30  Airway clearance techniques

25:00 Bronchiectasis Toolbox website

29:12 Strong Lungs website

31:50 Summary

 Links and Resources:

• Bronchiectasis Toolbox
• Strong Lungs
• Annemarie Lee’s Research Profile (Monash University)

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