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Orthostatic, Respiratory, Balance-Intervention

NCT04210063 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2020-08-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to help understand how training breathing muscles will impact balance, blood pressure, and quality of life of participants with spinal cord injury.

Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injuries

Interventions

OTHER

Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT)

IMT is a breathing training technique customized to participant's breathing capacity. Using a handheld electronic manometer (Pro2Fit from Smithfield), a study personnel will initiate training at 40-60% maximal inspiratory pressure. Adjustments will be customized to where the participant reports a difficulty of training between 4-6 out of 10. Training sessions will be performed about 30 minutes a day for 28 consecutive days.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Foundation for Physical Therapy, Inc.

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Miami

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lawrence Cahalin, PhD · University of Maimi

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-12-13
Primary Completion
2020-07-29
Completion
2020-07-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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