NCT03098849

Effectiveness of a Buteyko-based Breathing Technique for Asthma Patients

Effectiveness of a Buteyko-based Breathing Technique on Psycho-physiological Parameters of Adults With Asthma - a Randomized, Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 63 (actual)
• Sponsor: ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of a Buteyko-based breathing technique on physiological and psychological parameters in adults with asthma

Detailed description

The investigators explore the effects of a Buteyko-based breathing technique training using a treatment group vs. control group design and a repeated measures design with follow-up measurements 3 and 6 months after the intervention. The sample size calculation was made for an effect of d = .20 with repeated measures, a power of 1- β = .80 and α = .05. Additionally the investigators plan to take measurements (only once) from healthy volunteers matching them (age and gender) with the asthma patients.

Conditions

• Asthma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Buteyko Breathing Technique	Patients are trained in various exercises aiming at breath reduction and breath control as introduced by Dr. K. Buteyko

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-25
• Primary completion: 2017-10-26
• Completion: 2017-10-26
• First posted: 2017-04-04
• Last updated: 2018-05-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany