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Effects of Laugh Therapy Associated to Cardiopulmonary Rehab

NCT02824120 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2018-08-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Laugh is more than visual and vocal behave, is always followed by a series of physiological changes, including contractions of musculoskeletal system, increase of cardiac frequency by catecholamine release and hyperventilation that promoves the increase of maximum breathing and oxygen saturation. Laugh therapy may be an alternative therapy, simple, and improve the quality of life of individuals can influence physiological and biochemical parameters of the human body.

Conditions

  • Ischemic Heart Disease

Interventions

OTHER

Comedy

patients will watch comedy film

OTHER

Documentary

patients will watch a documentary film

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ricardo Stein, PhD · Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-06-30
Primary Completion
2019-03-31
Completion
2019-03-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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