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This study aimed to establish the efficacy of regular chest physiotherapy in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis compared with no regular chest physiotherapy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    20 patients not practising regular chest physiotherapy were enrolled in a randomised crossover trial of 3\u2005months of twice daily chest physiotherapy using an oscillatory positive expiratory pressure device compared with 3\u2005months of no chest physiotherapy. The primary end-point was the Leicester Cough Questionnaire (LCQ). 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The treatment effect was estimated using the differences of the pairs of observations from each patient.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    There was a significant improvement in all domains and total LCQ score with regular chest physiotherapy (median (interquartile range) total score improvement 1.3 (-0.17\u20133.25)\u2005units; p\u200a=\u200a0.002). 24-h sputum volume increased significantly with regular chest physiotherapy (2 (0\u20136)\u2005mL; p\u200a=\u200a0.02), as did exercise capacity (40 (15\u201380)\u2005m; p\u200a=\u200a0.001) and SGRQ total score (7.77 (-0.99\u201314.5)\u2005unit improvement; p\u200a=\u200a0.004). 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