NCT06407011

Effects of Swedish Massage Prior Circuit Breathing Training on Asthma

Effects of Swedish Massage Prior Circuit Breathing Training on Asthma Control and Respiratory Function in Patients With Asthma

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chulalongkorn University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of Swedish massage prior circuit breathing training on asthma control and respiratory function in patients with asthma.

Detailed description

Thirty patients with asthma aged 20-65 years were randomized into 3 groups: the control group (CON; n=10), the Circuit Breathing Training group (CBT; n=10), and the Swedish Massage prior to Circuit Breathing Training group (SBT; n=10). Participants in the CON group carried out their daily routine without receiving any training program. The CBT group received circuit breathing training sessions lasting thirty minutes each, three times a week for twelve weeks, while the SBT group received a Swedish massage (20 minutes) before circuit breathing exercises (30 minutes) three times a week for twelve weeks. Physiological data, pulmonary function, respiratory muscle strength, cytokine levels, Asthma Control Test scores, Visual Analogue Scale scores, chest expansion, and muscle flexibility variables were analyzed during the pre-test, post-test at 6 weeks, and post-tests at 12 weeks. Two-way repeated measures ANOVA was used to compare the variables between each test and between groups. Statistical significance was defined as p \< .05.

Conditions

• Asthma; Status

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Control	The CON group did not have any intervention but usual care.
OTHER	Swedish massage prior circuit breathing training group (SBT)	Participants Swedish massage prior circuit breathing training 3 days/week, 12 weeks. They perform Swedish massage using techniques such as stroking, kneading, and tapping the upper muscle area of the body for 20 minutes per day. Then, they do circuit breathing exercises for about 30 minutes per day, comprising 3 sets of 4 breathing exercises (triflow, power breath, windmill, and balloon blowing), with 1-minute rest between each exercise and 2 minutes between each set.
OTHER	Circuit breathing training group (CBT)	Participants perform circuit breathing exercises for about 30 minutes per day, 3 days/week, 12 weeks, comprising 3 sets of 4 breathing exercises (triflow, power breath, windmill, and balloon blowing), with 1-minute rest between each exercise and 2 minutes between each set.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-05
• Primary completion: 2024-08-10
• Completion: 2024-08-31
• First posted: 2024-05-09
• Last updated: 2024-08-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand