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Respiratory Motor Control and Blood Pressure Regulation After Spinal Cord Injury

NCT02396823 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-03-07

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Summary

The proposed study is designed to answer a novel research question: Can resistive respiratory muscle training designed to improve respiratory motor control also improve blood pressure regulation impaired by spinal cord injury? Resistive breathing exercise, or respiratory muscle training, has been applied to rehabilitate breathing after spinal cord injury, but has not been evaluated as a method for increasing resting blood pressure and / or improving its regulation under stress as is planned in the proposed project. For the first time, respiratory muscle training intervention will be used as a tool to investigate the physiological relationships between pulmonary and cardiovascular function in individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). Thus, it will foster a new direction from which to address neglected issues surrounding the cardiovascular complications of spinal cord injury.

Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injury

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Respiratory Muscle Training

Standard threshold Positive Expiratory Pressure Device and threshold Inspiratory Muscle Trainer assembled together using a T-shaped connector with flanged mouthpiece will be used. The participants will be instructed to perform inspiratory and expiratory efforts against a resistive load. Training session lasts 45 minutes per day, 5 days per week, for 4 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Louisville

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-06-30
Primary Completion
2016-10-31
Completion
2019-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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