Resistance Exercise in Children With Post-operative Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

NCT04900649 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2021-05-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a life-threatening condition with long-term complications including respiratory tract infections, respiratory muscle weakness, and abnormal lung functions. This study, therefore, has been designed to ascertain the effect of chest resistance exercise and chest expansion exercise on respiratory muscle strength, lung function, and chest mobility in children with post-operative CDH.

Conditions

  • Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital

Interventions

OTHER

chest resistance exercise

lung function.

OTHER

chest expansion exercises

thoracic excursion

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    collaborator OTHER
  • Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University

    collaborator OTHER
  • Qassim University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Walid Kamal, PhD · Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University

  • Alshimaa Azab, PhD · Cairo University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-05-01
Primary Completion
2021-02-20
Completion
2021-04-05

Countries

  • Saudi Arabia

Study Locations

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