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Respiratory Muscle Training in the Elderly: a Strategy for Preservation of Inspiratory and Expiratory Pressures Impacting on Mobility and Thickness of the Diaphragm.

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What is being tested

Inspiratory muscle training

+ Training sham

Other
Who is being recruted

Atrophy+5

+ Nervous System Diseases

+ Neurologic Manifestations

From 60 to 80 Years
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Placebo-Controlled
Interventional
Study Start: January 2012
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Summary

Principal SponsorUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco
Last updated: February 13, 2013
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Study start date: January 1, 2012

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Aging causes anatomical and physiological changes in the respiratory system and respiratory muscle strength with decline in its maximum function. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of inspiratory muscle training on respiratory muscle strength, thickness of the diaphragm and diaphragmatic mobility in older women. The investigators' hypothesis is that inspiratory muscle training improves respiratory muscle strength, the thickness of the diaphragm and diaphragmatic mobility in older women.

Principal SponsorUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco
Last updated: February 13, 2013
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

22 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.



Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Female

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 60 to 80 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

AtrophyNervous System DiseasesNeurologic ManifestationsSigns and SymptomsPathological Conditions, Signs and SymptomsPathological Conditions, AnatomicalNeuromuscular ManifestationsMuscular Atrophy

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Elderly women are able to walk without aid and cognitive integrity. Exclusion Criteria: Participation in other training or rehabilitation protocol; Contraindication or difficult to perform the evaluation; Difficulty adapting or adherence in training protocol; Smoking; Hemodynamic instability; Degenerative neuromuscular disease; Pulmonary comorbidities; Heart disease; Users of drugs that interfere in bone metabolism or muscle strength.

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

50% chance of being blinded to the placebo group

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Inspiratory muscle training for 8 weeks using a device that provides a linear resistance in the inspiratory phase. 7 days a week. 8 sets of 2 minutes twice a day. Intensity was at 40% of Maximal Inspiratory Pressure.

Group II

Sham
Training sham for 8 weeks using a device without provides resistance. 7 days a week. 8 sets of 2 minutes twice a day. Intensity was canceled.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

Federal University of Pernambuco

Recife, BrazilOpen Federal University of Pernambuco in Google Maps
CompletedOne Study Center