Inspiratory Muscle Training With Normocapnic Hyperpnea in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Università degli Studi di Ferrara

Status: Unknown

Conditions: COPD

Treatments: Device: Spirotiger®

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01218295

IMTCOPD2

Details and patient eligibility

About

Many studies suggest that inspiratory muscles training by means of normocapnic hyperpnea improves exercise tolerance in healthy subjects. No information is available about the use of this training in COPD patients even if other methods (such as threshold loading and resistive loading) have been shown to be effective in terms of Inspiratory Muscle Function, Health-Related Quality of Life and Exercise Tolerance.

This study is designed to evaluate the effects of normocapnic hyperventilation by means of Spirotiger®, an instrument training the respiratory muscles, avoiding hypocapnia (using the methodology of isocapnic hyperpnoea)in COPD patients.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• COPD patients. All patients are at stable state, free from an exacerbation from at least 3 months.

Exclusion criteria

• COPD patients with a recent history of cardiovascular disease, neurologic disease and other diseases that would interfere with the training.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

Respiratory muscle training

Experimental group

Description:

Patients assigned to this arm train the respiratory muscles by means of normocapnic hyperpnea.

Treatment:

Device: Spirotiger®