NCT01410279

Inspiratory Muscle Training in Pulmonary Hypertension

Inspiratory Muscle Training Effect on the Functional Capacity and the Quality of Life in Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is evaluate the effect the inspiratory muscle training on the functional capacity of patients with pulmonary hypertension.

Detailed description

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a syndrome, in the case of hemodynamic alteration of a number of diseases and processes, such as the progressive increase in pulmonary vascular resistance, right heart failure and early death. Frequently patients with PH have reduced functional capacity, quality of life and survival. It was demonstrated recently that patients with HP also have inspiratory muscle weakness, possibly further increase the fatigue and dyspnea during exercise. To meet this need, inspiratory muscle training can lead to significant improvement in respiratory muscle strength, exercise tolerance and dyspnea, thus resulting in reduction of discomfort during activities of daily living, increase in exercise capacity and improved quality of life in different situations.

Conditions

• Pulmonary Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Inspiratory muscle training	The load is adjusted weekly in thirty percent of maximal inspiratory pressure of the subject.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-12-01
• Primary completion: 2011-09-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2011-08-05
• Last updated: 2011-08-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil