Effect of Expiratory Muscle Strength in Patients With Bronchiectasis

Nisanur Tutuş

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Bronchiectasis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07104942

bronchiectasis_expiratory

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study investigates the relationship between expiratory muscle strength and clinical outcomes such as disease severity, hospital admissions, and quality of life in individuals with bronchiectasis.

Full description

This study aims to examine the relationship between expiratory muscle strength and clinical outcomes such as disease severity, hospital admission history, and quality of life in individuals with bronchiectasis. Effective coughing is a critical physiological reflex for airway clearance; however, the relationship between expiratory muscle strength and cough effectiveness in the bronchiectasis population has not been clearly established. Identifying expiratory muscle weakness as a potential contributor to increased symptom burden and impaired airway clearance may improve clinical understanding and support the development of targeted physiotherapy interventions. The findings of this study could serve as a foundation for future interventional research in pulmonary rehabilitation and respiratory muscle training for this population.

Enrollment: 64 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having a diagnosis of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
• Without an acute infection at the time of assessment (confirmed by medical history, serum C-reactive protein levels, chest X-ray and/or HRCT).
• Being between 18 and 65 years of age

Exclusion criteria

• Myopathies
• Stroke (Cerebrovascular accident - CVA)
• Pregnancy
• Unstable cardiac disease