Influence of Respiratory Muscle Training in Elderly Hypertensive Women With Respiratory Muscle Weakness

Hypertension Clinical Trial

Official title:

Influence of Respiratory Muscle Training in Elderly Hypertensive Women With Respiratory Muscle Weakness

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01743183
• Other study ID #: 05135912.8.0000.5537
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 12, 2012
• Last updated: December 4, 2012
• Start date: September 2012
• Est. completion date: November 2012

Study information

• Verified date: December 2012
• Source: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to evaluate pulmonary function and respiratory muscle strength in a group of elderly women with hypertension before and after a respiratory muscle training.

Description:

It is a respiratory muscle training using the Threshold for 5 weeks, with a load of 30% of maximal inspiratory pressure obtained in manometer for 30 minutes daily. Furthermore, the assessment includes: test 6-minute walk, the quality of life questionnaire, MINICHAL, the IPAQ short version, manometer and spirometry.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 4
• Est. completion date: November 2012
• Est. primary completion date: October 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 60 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosis of hypertension controlled by antihypertensive;

• aged between 60 and 80 years;

• absence of dementia or cognitive impairments that limit tests;

• absence of recent myocardial infarction;

• absence of musculoskeletal limitations that limit tests;

• availability of time on training days.

Exclusion Criteria:

• clinical instability;

• inability to perform any test.

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hypertension
• Muscle Weakness
• Paresis

Intervention

Device:
• Threshold
The load adjustment was done weekly by a single examiner.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Natal	Rio Grande do Norte

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Foundation for research support from the state of Rio Grande do Norte (FAPERN)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	quality of life	Assesses the influence of hypertension on the quality of life of target		No
Other	functional capacity	assesses the cardiopulmonary capacity at sub-maximal		No
Other	IPAQ	assesses the level of physical activity		No
Primary	manovacuometry	Evaluates indirectly respiratory muscle strength.	6 weeks	No
Secondary	spirometry	Assesses lung function		No