NCT04874649

Balloon Blowing Breathing Exercise in School-age Children With Asthma.

Effects of Balloon Blowing Breathing Exercise on Respiratory Muscle Strength and Symptoms in School-age Children With Asthma.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chulalongkorn University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study were to investigate the effects of balloon blowing breathing exercise on respiratory muscle strength and asthma symptoms in school-age children with asthma.

Detailed description

Thirty school-age children with asthma aged 7 - 12 years old who were admitted at the outpatient examination room, Phramongkutklao Hospital, divided into 2 groups. The first group was 15 individuals trained with sustained maximal inspiration (SMI) breathing exercise while the second group was 15 individuals training with balloon-blowing breathing exercise. Participants were required to complete breathing exercise 5 times per week for 8 weeks. Five breathing exercises were taken for 8 weeks before and after the experiment. Physiological characteristics data, pulmonary function, respiratory muscle strength, and asthma symptoms variables were comparatively analyzed before and after training. The mean values of variables before and after the experiment of each group were analyzed using paired t-test.

Conditions

• Asthma in Children

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Balloon-blowing breathing	Participant sit on a chair. Inhale fully through their nose and hold for a full 3 second inhalation, then exhale through their mouth into the balloon fully. By having the balloon inflate until their touch the balloon size control device and hold the exhalation period for 1 second, cover the balloon immediately with your fingers count as 1 breath cycle, then replace the balloon immediately. Do this for 3 consecutive rounds, counted as 1 set, in each training, do a total of 3 sets, rest between sets for 1 minute, which takes about 15 minutes, 5 times per week for 8 weeks
OTHER	Sustained maximal inspiration breathing	Participant sit on a chair. Inhale through their nose fully and hold for 3 seconds for a full breath, Do this for 3 consecutive rounds, counted as 1 set, in each training, do a total of 3 sets, rest between sets for 1 minute, which takes about 15 minutes, 5 times per week for 8 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-10-02
• Primary completion: 2020-03-15
• Completion: 2020-03-15
• First posted: 2021-05-06
• Last updated: 2021-05-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand