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Effect of a Respiratory Training Program on Woodwind and Brass Players

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Aveiro University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Respiratory Function

Treatments

Other: POWERBreath Plus Medium Resistance training device

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06175286
Musician respiratory training

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project will study the effect of a respiratory training program on woodwind and brass players, using an inspiratory muscle training equipment. The goal is to understand whether it is possible to develop the inspiratory muscles of wind players through regular and planned training. Fourteen young wind players will be selected, in which 7 will be male and 7 will be female, playing different instruments. Inspiratory muscle training will be performed with the POWERBreath Plus Medium Resistance, and will consist of 30 maximal inspirations, twice a day, for 5 weeks.

Full description

This project will study the effect of a respiratory training program on woodwind and brass players, using an inspiratory muscle training equipment. The goal is to understand whether it is possible to develop the inspiratory muscles of wind players through regular and planned training. Fourteen young wind players will be selected, in which 7 will be male and 7 will be female, playing different instruments: transverse flute (1), oboe (2), saxophone (4), horn (4), trumpet (1), trombone (1) and tuba (1). Inspiratory muscle training will be performed with the POWERBreath Plus Medium Resistance, and will consist of 30 maximal inspirations, twice a day, for 5 weeks. The participants will be instructed on the use, handling and cleaning of the equipment. The participants will be instructed to use the equipment in a comfortable position, with a good posture, and will be instructed on how they should execute the inspiratory training: inhale to the maximum limit, with intensity, and exhale slowly and relaxed. An explanation will also be given about the calibration of the POWERbreathe, and the initial resistance level will be established based on the calculation of 50% of the Maximal Inspiratory Pressure of each participant, previously measured. Participants will also be instructed on how to increase the resistance level of POWERbreathe. The increase would be 1/4 of a level, whenever they no longer feel tired after a 30-inhalation workout. A questionnaire will be applied before, during and after the inspiratory training and they will be asked to record the daily use of the equipment in an online form, created for the purpose of recording its use by each participant. Assessment will be executed with the standard Borg Scale and the modified Borg scale. Surface electromyography (sEMG) of the right sternocleidomastoid, the right scalene muscles, the diaphragm and the right rectus abdominis will also be tested. Maximal inspiratory pressure and spirometry testing, specifically volume of forced vital capacity (FVC) or forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and FEV1/FVC ratio will also be assessed.

Enrollment

20 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 years of age or over
  • 10 years of musical experience

Exclusion criteria

  • lung disease

Trial design

Primary purpose

Other

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

20 participants in 2 patient groups

POWERBreath
Experimental group
Description:
Subjects will train with the POWERBreath twice per day, for 30 continous breaths
Treatment:
Other: POWERBreath Plus Medium Resistance training device
Control
No Intervention group
Description:
Subjects will carry on with their normal daily life

Trial contacts and locations

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