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Inspiratory Muscle Training and Asthma

NCT01727765 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2019-10-25

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Summary

This is a pilot study which will assess the feasibility of a follow on main study. This study will examine the impact of inspiratory muscle training on quality of life, rescue drug medication usage, and other markers of asthma in adult asthmatics in the UK.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

inspiratory muscle training

Both groups will undertake six weeks of inspiratory muscle training (POWERbreathe, H\&B International Ltd, UK), six days per week, with the only difference being the load set on the inspiratory muscle training device. For the real inspiratory muscle training group this load will be set to around 50% of maximal inspiratory mouth pressure and for the sham inspiratory muscle training group this load will be set to around 5% of maximal inspiratory mouth pressure.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Health Service, United Kingdom

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Portsmouth

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
59 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-02-28
Primary Completion
2015-05-31
Completion
2015-05-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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Diseases

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