NCT03800485

Inspiratory Muscle Training in Patients With Stroke in Subacute Phase.

Effects of Inspiratory Muscle Training on Lung Function, Inspiratory Muscle Strength and Trunk Balance in Patients With Stroke in Subacute Phase.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Assess the effect of inspiratory muscle training on lung function, muscle strength and trunk balance in survivors of stroke in the subacute phase of the disease

Detailed description

Assess the effect of inspiratory muscle training on lung function, muscle strength and trunk balance in survivors of stroke in the subacute phase of the disease. The intervention will be done in a group of patients who will be treated in the rehabilitation service at the Virgen de la Arrixaca Hospital. They will train using a threshold IMT device or a Powerbreathe device, to increase their inspiratory muscle strength in addition to a physical therapy treatment. The intervention will last eigtht weeks and the patients will be evaluated at the beginning and at the end of the intervention.

Conditions

• Stroke Rehabilitation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	IMT	A training protocol of the inspiratory muscles that goes from the 15% of the maximal inspiratory muscle preassure until the 60% of the maximal inspiratory muscle preassure during 8 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-20
• Primary completion: 2019-11-30
• Completion: 2019-12-30
• First posted: 2019-01-11
• Last updated: 2019-01-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain