musculoskeletal disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: patients with musculoskeletal disorders; older persons certified as requiring support level or care leve,6 months since acute disease onset; Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score over 21, absence of COPD or any other respiratory disease, and forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) of > 70.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: moderate or severe cardiac disease (New York Heart Association Classification of III or IV), ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, or neurodegenerative disease.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| respiratory function,after six weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| swallowing function, exercise tolerance, six-minute walk distance, thorax flexibility, muscle strength grip and abdominal, adl and qol | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences