Assessment of Respiratory Dysfunction in Obesity and the Use of IMT.

Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Inflammation; Obesity & Overweight; Ventilation Disorders

Treatments: Device: inspiratory muscle training; Device: placebo-IMT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07307417

00913

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the project will be to assess the functional condition of the respiratory tract and inflammation resulting from obesity, as well as the possibility of using inspiratory muscle training as a factor reducing the occurrence of dysfunction in the respiratory system.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosed obesity, BMI equal to or greater than 30 kg/m2
• age between 30 and 60 (women and men),
• consent of the subject.

Exclusion criteria

• respiratory diseases requiring pharmacological treatment,
• acute illness that may affect the training programme: e.g. infection, renal failure,
• mental impairment preventing cooperation,
• mental disorders preventing contact and cooperation with the patient,
• pacemaker,
• pregnancy
• implanted electronic
• medical implants
• epilepsy
• metal implants.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

IMT Group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: inspiratory muscle training

placebo-IMT

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: placebo-IMT

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No Intervention: IMT Control Group - IMT Control Group - participants who will not complete the IMT cycle.