Pneumonia in older people
Conditions
Interventions
Respiratory muscle training + fortification + rehabilitation. The respiratory muscle training machines are set at a resistance value of 50-80% of the maximum respiratory muscle strength. The patie
rehabilitation
Sponsors
Tohoku University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Older pneumonia patients requiring hospitalization aged 70 years and older, regardless of gender. Patients that can tolerate standard treatments for pneumonia according to the guidelines. Patients with a cognitive function test MMSE score 10 and higher, who can perform respiratory muscle training.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Cancer patients managed within the past 5 years, patients with pacemakers (muscle mass and fat mass cannot be measured), postoperative pneumonia, intubated patients, patients with tracheostomy. Patients that are prone to pneumothorax such as severe interstitial pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, patients whose blood pressure rising is danger such as aortic aneurysm and severe heart failure, patients with severe renal failure (before introduction of dialysis), septic patients, patients with tube feeding, gastric fistula, immunodeficiency patients such as taking immunosuppressive agents or dialysis, patients with multiple fractures of ribs, patients with severe dementia and etc.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary endpoint is the recurrence rate of pneumonia in the intervention and the control group for 1 year after the beginning of the training. We will observe the presence of superiority of the intervention group to the control group. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactRyuuko Ishimoda
Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Outcome results
None listed