Efficiency of Inspiratory Muscle Training in Elderly People

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Device: Threshold inspiratory muscle training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02424981

Threshold IMT1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Efficiency of inspiratory muscle training in elderly people. Outcomes are lung function, muscle strength and chest expansion.

Enrollment: 32 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy

Exclusion criteria

• pulmonary diseases
• 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

inspiratory muscle training

Experimental group

Description:

Muscle training

Treatment:

Device: Threshold inspiratory muscle training

control

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group