Efficacity of Incentive Spirometry in Elderly People

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Device: Incentive spirometry

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02425007

spiro93

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of incentive spirometry in elderly. Outcomes are lung function and chest expansion.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy

Exclusion criteria

• Pulmonary disease
• Cognitive disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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32 participants in 2 patient groups

Spiro

Experimental group

Description:

Incentive spirometry

Treatment:

Device: Incentive spirometry

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group