Respiratory Muscle Endurance Training in Obese Patients

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01026155

Enrollment

Registered

2009-12-04

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2009-12-04

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Conditions

Obesity

Keywords

Obese patients (BMI > 30 kg / m²)

Brief summary

Obese patients are known to have increased work of breathing inducing dyspnea, exercise intolerance and impaired quality of life. Respiratory muscle training is known to increase respiratory muscle capacity, reduce dyspnoea and improve exercise performance in healthy subjects and respiratory patients. The investigators hypothesized that Respiratory muscle training would reduce dyspnoea, increase exercise tolerance and quality of life in obese patients.

Interventions

OTHERRespiratory muscle training

Respiratory muscle endurance training by means of isocapnic voluntary hyperpnoea

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Obese patients (BMI \> 30 kg/m2), without respiratory pathology (VEMS \> 80% predicted, VEMS/CV \> 80%) * men or women * age between 18 and 60 years old

Exclusion criteria

* Respiratory, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal diseases * Alcoholism

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Dyspnea at rest and during exercise	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Exercise performance (6-min walking distance) Quality of life (SF36 questionnaire)	—

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026