Chest physiotherapy in paediatric patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia: a randomised clinical trial.

Lukrafka, Janice Luisa et al. 
Archives of Disease in Childhood, Nov 2012, vol. 97, no. 11, p. 967-971. 
Chest physiotherapy has been used to treat children hospitalised with pneumonia with no clear scientific evidence to support a beneficial effect. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the efficacy of chest physiotherapy as an adjuvant treatment in children hospitalised with acute community-acquired pneumonia. 
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