Treatment of Exercise-induced Laryngomalacia in Elite Athletes (EIL)

Bispebjerg Hospital

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Exercise-induced Laryngomalacia

Treatments: Procedure: Surgery; Device: inspiratory muscle strength training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00520624

PC-EIL-07-ELITE

Details and patient eligibility

About

Treatment of exercise-induced laryngomalacia (an obstruction of larynx during physical activity) in elite athletes using two different treatments. The study is randomized with control groups.

Sex: All

Ages: 12+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Laryngoscopically verified EIL,
• Elite athlete for a minimum of 1 year and continuing for a minimum 6 months after start of treatment

Exclusion criteria

• Has to be able to run on treadmill

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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0 participants in 5 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Treatment 1, for those with high degree of EIL

Treatment:

Device: inspiratory muscle strength training

2

Experimental group

Description:

Treatment 2, for those with high degree of EIL

Treatment:

Procedure: Surgery

3

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group of those with high degree of EIL

4

Experimental group

Description:

Treatment 1, for those with low degree of EIL

Treatment:

Device: inspiratory muscle strength training

5

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group of those with low degree of EIL