Dysfunctional Breathing in Individuals With Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Hacettepe University

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06992752

SBA-24/775

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this observational study was to learn about the characteristics of dysfunctional breathing in individuals with thoracic outlet syndrome. The main question to be answered is:

Is there a dysfunctional breathing pattern in individuals with Thoracic outlet syndrome? These features will be compared with a healthy control group to evaluate the association of Thoracic outlet syndrome with dysfunctional breathing

Enrollment

54 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

To agree to participate in the study,
To have been diagnosed with TOS by a thoracic surgeon,
To be between 18-65 years old,
Having pain for more than 6 months

Exclusion criteria

Patients with a history of spinal or thoracic surgery for TOS or any other reason,
People with traumatic cervical injury,
Severely obese people (BMI >40 kg/m2),
People with clinical abnormalities in the thoracic cage or vertebral column,
Persons with occupational industrial exposures,
Patients with severe comorbidities (neurological, neuromuscular, -cardiorespiratory, psychiatric and musculoskeletal) diabetes mellitus and/or malignancies