Respiratory Muscle Training in Acquired Brain Injury Patients.

University of Salamanca

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Physical Inactivity; Older People--Abuse of; Respiratory Disease; Muscle Weakness; Acquired Brain Injury

Treatments: Device: Inspiratory muscle training; Device: Expiratory muscle training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06070831

23092023

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background: Respiratory health problems are one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in adult people with acquired brain injury (ABI). The influence of respiratory muscle training has not yet been studied in this population group. The objective of the study was to evaluate and compare the efficacy of two protocols with respiratory muscle training, inspiratory muscle training vs expiratory muscle training, to improve respiratory strength and pulmonary function in adults with CP.

Methods: The study is a controlled, randomised, double-blind trial and with allocation concealment. 26 ABI patients will be recruited and randomly distributed in the inspiratory muscle training group (IMT) and the expiratory muscle training group (EMT). Over an 8-week period an IMT or EMT protocol was followed 5 days/week, 5 series of 1-minute with 1-minute rest between them. IMT trained with a load of 50% of the maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP) and EMT with 50% of the maximum expiratory pressure (MEP). Respiratory strength and pulmonary function were evaluated.

Enrollment: 26 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Belong to ASDACE.
• Sign the Informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

The presence of a respiratory disease in the previous month, inability to understand assessment tests or intervention or hemodynamic alterations (heart rate > 150 beats per minute (bpm), systolic blood pressure > 140 millimeters mercury (mmHg) or diastolic blood pressure > 90 mmHg).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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26 participants in 2 patient groups

Inspiratory muscle training group (IMT)

Experimental group

Description:

Inspiratory muscle training at 50% of MIP, the training load was set each 2 weeks to keep 50% of MIP.

Treatment:

Device: Inspiratory muscle training

Expiratory muscle training group (EMT)

Experimental group

Description:

Expiratory muscle training at 50% of MEP, following the same rules as HIT.

Treatment:

Device: Expiratory muscle training