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Loaded Breathing Training in Essential Hypertension

NCT00791986 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2018-03-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether adding load to slow controlled breathing training could enhance blood pressure lowering in patients with essential hypertension.

Conditions

  • Essential Hypertension

Interventions

DEVICE

ULB , LB

ULB: The patients breath in slowly without resistance via the water pressure threshold breathing (WPTB) device, 30 min/day, 7 days/week for 8 weeks. LB : The patients breath in slowly against resistance of 20 cmH2O provided by the water pressure threshold breathing (WPTB) device, 30 min/day, 7 days/week for 8 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Thai health promotion foundation.

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Khon Kaen University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chulee U Jones, Ph.D. · Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University.

  • Benjarat Sangthong, M.Sc. · Faculty of Physical Therapy, Rungsit University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
35 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-05-31
Primary Completion
2007-12-31
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • Thailand

Study Locations

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