Inspiratory Muscle Training in Ehlers Danlos Patients

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ehlers Danlos

Treatments: Device: Threshold inspiratory muscle training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02646215

EDS-IMT

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluation of the effect of inspiratory muscle training in Ehlers Danlos patients

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• a diagnosis for Ehlers Danlos syndrome combining genetics and clinical examination
• no infectious exacerbation in the last four weeks

Exclusion criteria

• respiratory comorbidities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Inspiratory muscle training group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Threshold inspiratory muscle training

Treatment:

Device: Threshold inspiratory muscle training

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No training