NCT04226144

Breath Stacking Technique Associated With Expiratory Muscle Training in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients

Comparison Between Breath Stacking Technique Associated With Expiratory Muscle Training and Breath Stacking Technique in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients: a Randomized Single Blind Trial

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Escola Superior de Ciencias da Saude · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

it will be conducted a randomized parallel controlled trial with patients diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) to compare two techniques to lung recruitment and cough augmentation, to assess their effects on pulmonary function, global functionally, swallowing and ability to speech in these population.

Detailed description

age over 18 years preserved cognition, evidenced by a score greater than or equal to 24 points in the Mini-Mental Status Exam; no barium allergies; without tracheostomy or invasive mechanical ventilation; no diaphragmatic pacemaker and without associated respiratory disease.Participants are excluded if they have pregnancy; previous kidney disease or other concomitant diseases; respiratory diseases and hospitalization in intensive care units (ICUs) during the study.

Conditions

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Neuromuscular Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Breath Stacking Group	Lung recruitment technique using manual bag resuscitation with oronasal mask interface
DEVICE	Breath stacking and EMT	Lung recruitment technique with one way valve with counter resistance during all expiratory phase

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-06
• Primary completion: 2021-08-31
• Completion: 2022-12-01
• First posted: 2020-01-13
• Last updated: 2023-04-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil