Intensity, Specificity and Reversibility of Inspiratory Muscle Training in Asthmatics

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Status: Completed

Conditions: Asthma

Treatments: Device: Low-intensity IMT; Device: High-intensity IMT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02917824

1.533.228

Details and patient eligibility

About

Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) can reverse or delay the complications from the deterioration of inspiratory muscle function in asthma. Thus, the IMT has been considered a treatment option for people with asthma. The aim of this study is to investigate the training principles of intensity, specificity and reversibility of IMT in asthmatics.

Enrollment: 29 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of asthma
• Adults (18 - 60 years)

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to perform the protocol established by the study
• Others respiratory diseases
• Request for study withdrawal

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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29 participants in 2 patient groups

High-intensity IMT

Experimental group

Description:

Participants enrolled in this arm received high-intensity IMT

Treatment:

Device: High-intensity IMT

Low-intensity IMT

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants enrolled in this arm received low-intensity IMT

Treatment:

Device: Low-intensity IMT