NCT02186340

Effects of Inspiratory Muscle Training on Breathing Pattern in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: KU Leuven · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The improvement in inspiratory muscle function might result in beneficial changes in breathing pattern during whole body exercise. The hypothesis is the effect of inspiratory muscle training as an adjunct to a pulmonary rehabilitation program improves the breathing pattern during an incremental cycle exercise.

Conditions

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Muscle Weakness Conditions

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Inspiratory muscle training

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-01-01
• Primary completion: 2015-07-01
• Completion: 2015-07-01
• First posted: 2014-07-10
• Last updated: 2015-08-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium