NCT02200198

Respiratory Muscle Training in Malnourished Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery

Effect of Respiratory Muscle Training in Malnourished Patients Undergoing Upper Abdominal Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Malnutrition affects 50% of hospitalized patients around the world and causes changes in respiratory muscles predisposing the development of pulmonary complications probable, because of the ineffectiveness of cough. How the training of respiratory muscles can improve the effectiveness of cough, malnourished patients could benefit from this train however, the training of the muscles in malnourished patients has not been tested for safety or efficiency. So, the aim of this study is to assess the safety and efficiency of respiratory muscle training to improve the potency of cough in malnourished patients.

Conditions

• Undernutrition
• Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Expiratory muscle training	Patient performs training for 30 minutes per day, during 7 consecutive days, using a Threshold with Positive Expiratory Pressure with a load of 30% of maximal expiratory pressure assessed by digital peak respiratory pressure monitor
OTHER	Inspiratory muscle training	Patient performs training for 30 minutes per day, during 7 consecutive days, using a Threshold for Inspiratory Muscle Training with a load of 30% of maximal inspiratory pressure assessed by digital peak respiratory pressure monitor
OTHER	Sham group	Patient performs training for 30 minutes per day, during 7 consecutive days, using a Threshold without load

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-02-01
• Primary completion: 2014-06-01
• Completion: 2014-06-01
• First posted: 2014-07-25
• Last updated: 2014-07-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil