Inspiratory Muscle Training in Children With Chest Burn (chestburn)

Qassim University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Respiratory Function Impaired; Children; Burns

Treatments: Other: pulmonary rehabilitation; Other: inspiratory muscle training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05603507

RHPT/0020/0082

Details and patient eligibility

About

8 weeks of inspiratory muscle training combined with a pulmonary rehabilitation program increases respiratory muscle strength, pulmonary function, functional capacity, and quality of life in chest burned children.

Full description

The primary purpose of this study is to see how an inspiratory muscle training program along with a pulmonary rehabilitation program improved respiratory muscle strength, respiratory function and quality of life after children with chest burns were discharged from the hospital.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children aged 10 to 18.
• Following hospital discharge.- Total body surface area (TBSA) of 30% to 50%.
• Chest burns.
• Deep partial to full thickness burns.
• Subjects who had a skin graft or who healed completely were also included.

Exclusion criteria

• • Participants who had a nonhealing or open wound.
• Congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
• Chest wall deformity.
• Cardiac or pulmonary problems.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

inspiratory muscle training group

Experimental group

Description:

received both inspiratory muscle training and pulmonary rehabilitation

Treatment:

Other: inspiratory muscle training

Other: pulmonary rehabilitation

pulmonary rehabilitation group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

received only pulmonary rehabilitation and sham inspiratory muscle training

Treatment:

Other: pulmonary rehabilitation