Effects of breathing training based on mirror threshold loading combined with PNF technique on respiratory and motor functions in hemiplegic stroke patients

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR2600127178

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2026-06-26

Start date

2026-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

subacute stroke

Interventions

Conventional group:Conventional rehabilitation therapy and Conventional breathing training

Mirror Resistance Group:respiratory muscle dynamic preparation and respiratory muscle mirror resistance training based on conventional respiratory rehabilitation

Combined group:Respiratory muscle facilitation and preparation based on PNF techniques, and respiratory muscle mirror resistance training

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

30 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Meet the diagnostic criteria for ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage according to the Chinese Diagnostic Criteria for Major Cerebrovascular Diseases 2019, and confirmed by CT or MRI; 2. First-ever unilateral onset with hemiplegia, disease duration of 15 days to 3 months; 3. Aged 30–80 years; 4. Stable condition, conscious, able to cooperate with examinations and participate normally in training sessions; 5. According to the three-level balance assessment, sitting balance reaches level 2 (automatic dynamic balance) or above; 6. Brunnstrom stages of upper and lower limbs between III and V; 7. MIP and/or MEP < 70% of predicted value; 8. Written informed consent signed by the patient or a family member.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Have respiratory diseases, heart failure, myasthenia gravis, or other diseases that may cause respiratory muscle impairment; 2. Tracheostomy or intubation status; 3. Have severe primary underlying diseases of the heart, liver, lung, kidney, or other organs; 4. Have a history of spontaneous pneumothorax or traumatic pneumothorax that has not fully healed; 5. Complicated with mental illness or cognitive impairment that prevents understanding and cooperation with treatment; 6. House-Brackmann facial paralysis grade II or above, or presence of oropharyngeal structural abnormalities.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
respiratory muscle strength;Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS);	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Berg Balance Scale (BBS);Fugl-Meyer Motor Function Assessment Scale (FMA);pulmonary ventilation function;Modified Barthel Index (MBI);	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactWen Nana

Xuzhou Rehabilitation Hospital

1076049569@qq.com+86 516 8371 0595

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026