Effects of the Breathing Muscular Training of Institutionalized Elderly

Summary

The purpose of this study was to use associated breathing exercises the incentive inspiratory of load lineal pressoric, Threshold® IMT, or of load pressoric alinear, Voldyne®, in institutionalized elderly, comparing the effect of the same ones in the training of the breathing musculature, for the increment of the muscular strength, expressed by the maximum breathing pressures (MIP and MEP).

From the total number of admitted people (n = 52), 12 individuals were excluded: one by appearance of cognitive deficit, one by death (stroke), one by visual deficit (glaucoma) and twelve by failure to continue the training. After selecting the sample, the 37 participants were randomly divided into three different groups: the Threshold Group (TG; n = 13, age = 70. 93 ± 8.41 years old, BMI = 24.06 ± 3.69 kg/m²), the Voldyne Group (VG; n = 12, age = 70.54 ± 7. 73 years-old, BMI = 27.17 ± 5.66 kg/m²) and the Control Group (CG; n= 12, age = 73. 92 ± 7.28 years-old, BMI = 24.80 ± 5.42 kg/m²). The TG and VG received treatment with respiratory exercises and Threshold and Voldyne muscular training, respectively. The CG received only respiratory exercises.

Conditions

• In Brazil, Which Has an Increasing Number of Elderly People.
• The Physiological Alterations of Aging Are Systemic.

Interventions

OTHER

Comparison of different breathing muscular training

Three times per week for ten weeks, thirty minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidade Camilo Castelo Branco

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Marilia A. Fonseca, Esp. · Universidaade Castelo Branco

• Samaria A. Cader, Dr. · Laboratory of Human Kinetics Bioscience from Castelo Branco University - LABIMH-UCB/Rio de Janeiro - RJ- Brazil

• Silvia C. Bacelar, Dr. · National Institute of Cancer (INCA) - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brazil

• Elirez B. Silva, Dr. · Gama Filho University (UGF) - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brazil

• Silvânia O. Leal, Esp. · Laboratory of Human Kinetics Bioscience from Castelo Branco University - LABIMH-UCB/Rio de Janeiro - RJ- Brazil

• Estelio M. Dantas, Phd. · Laboratory of Human Kinetics Bioscience from Castelo Branco University LABIMH-UCB/ Rio de Janeiro- RJ- Brazil

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

60 Years

Max Age

82 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2008-10-31

Primary Completion

2008-12-31

Completion

2009-05-31

Countries

• Brazil

Study Locations