Threshold respiratory muscle training in people with cervical spinal cord injury: a randomised double-blind placebo controlled trial.

Respiratory muscle training for people with a cervical spinal cord injury to improve muscle strength and lung function.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12612000929808

Acronym

RMT-SCI

Enrollment

Registered

2012-08-31

Start date

2014-01-10

Completion date

2016-11-04

Last updated

2023-01-23

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to strengthen the muscles that people with a spinal cord injury uses to breathe. The training would involve taking deep breaths in and out through a small handheld device to exercise the muscles used to breathe. The training will be in addition to the usual care received by each person. The training will be carried out by an experienced and qualified person for 15 minutes, twice a day, five times a week for a duration of 6 weeks. It is hypothesized that this training will strengthen the muscles used to breathe resulting is fewer lung complications while in hospital and at home. Outcomes will be reassessed after one year.

Interventions

Respiratory muscle training which involves inhaling and exhaling through a threshold muscle training device for 15 minutes, twice a day for six weeks, the internal resistance of the device is increased weekly by 5%.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Primary purpose

Treatment

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Cervical spinal cord injury (AIS A, B or C) of at least 6 weeks duration.

Exclusion criteria

Patients requiring mechanical ventilation; pregnancy; diagnosis of a significant co-existing respiratory or neurological illness; patients with a cognitive impairment.

Outcome results