The Effect of Inspiratory Muscle Training on Breathing Pattern and Functionality in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure.

University of West Attica

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Breathing Pattern Disorder

Treatments: Device: Inspiratory muscle training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07104357

51604/04-06-2025

Details and patient eligibility

About

The effect of inspiratory muscle training on breathing pattern and functionality in patients with chronic heart failure.

Full description

The study protocol aims to examine the impact of inspiratory muscle training on dysfunctional breathing and functional ability in patients with chronic heart failure. Inspiratory muscle training is a low-cost intervention that might improve the breathing pattern, functionality and overall quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure

Enrollment: 18 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• adults aged ≥ 18 years
• diagnosis of heart failure within the previous three to twelve months
• current outpatients in a stable optimal medical regimen for at least 3 months
• able to perform inspiratory muscle training
• clinically stable, without hospital admission in the previous 3 months and without participation in any other training program in the previous 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

• unstable angina
• recent acute myocardial infarction
• uncontrolled hypertension
• valve disease
• peripheral arterial disease
• 6MWT assessment of less than 300 meters
• previous pulmonary disease (forced vital capacity <80% of predicted and/or forced expiratory volume in 1 s <70% of predicted)
• history of exercise-induced asthma
• smokers

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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18 participants in 2 patient groups

Randomized controlled trial

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group will be trained with inspiratory muscle training for 4 weeks. Inspiratory Muscle Training has been designed to enhance respiratory muscle function through targeted exercises, to strengthen the respiratory muscles, ,thereby improving overall respiratory efficiency

Treatment:

Device: Inspiratory muscle training

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will receive standard care