Burn Injuries
Conditions
Brief summary
The study outlines burn injury impact, emphasizes need for long-term rehabilitation. Study assesses inspiratory muscle training efficacy in improving respiratory strength, lung function, and exercise capacity in adult burn patients.
Detailed description
The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of adding inspiratory muscle training to pulmonary rehabilitation in adult burn patients. Fifty-two participants were randomly assigned to either inspiratory muscle training plus pulmonary rehabilitation or pulmonary rehabilitation alone for 8 weeks. Inspiratory muscle training consisted of using a Powerbreathe device for inspiratory muscle strengthening.
Interventions
OTHERinspiratory exercise
The training consisted of 6 sets of 30 breaths per day, divided into 2 sessions per day. A one-minute rest interval between each set. Training was prescribed 5 days a week for 8 weeks
OTHERPulmonary rehabilitation
Four resistive exercises, aerobic exercise, and deep breathing exercises, five sessions per week for 8 weeks
Sponsors
Cairo University
Qassim University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 49 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Burn-injured adults aged 20-49. * Admitted to the clinic after acute treatment. * Recovering from burns affecting at least 20% total body surface area. * Partial or full-thickness burns.
Exclusion criteria
* Smokers. * had open or unhealed wounds. * had any known neurological deficit. * neuromuscular diseases. * musculoskeletal deformities. * pulmonary diseases. * severe cardiac problems. * inability to participate in regular exercise.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| maximal inspiratory pressure | At the beginning of intervention | performed using an electronic respiratory pressure meter, measures inspiratory muscle strength |
| maximal expiratory pressure | At the beginning of intervention | performed using an electronic respiratory pressure meter, assesses expiratory muscle strength. |
| Forced expiratory volume in 1 second | At the beginning of intervention | performed using a spirometer |
| forced vital capacity | At the beginning of intervention | performed using a spirometer |
| Forced expiratory volume in 1 second/ forced vital capacity ratio | At the beginning of intervention | performed using a spirometer |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Functional exercise capacity | At the beginning of intervention | assessed using the six-minute walk test |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed