Aged
Conditions
Interventions
This is a double-blind clinical trial pilot study. The sample will consist of 24 participants who will be randomly divided via draw on the website www.random.org, into two intervention groups with 12
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Sponsors
Instituto de Ciências da Saúde - Universidade Federal da Bahia
Instituto de Ciências da Saúde - Universidade Federal da Bahia
Eligibility
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Be 60 years of age or older; score from 1 to 5 on the visual frailty scale; score at least 19 points in the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), if you are not illiterate, 23 points if you have 1 to 3 years of schooling, 24 points for 4 to 7 years of schooling and for more than 7 years of schooling , 28 points.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Having decompensated musculoskeletal and neurodegenerative diseases, chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic pain); unstable cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases (acute heart failure, recent myocardial infarction, unstable angina, uncontrolled arrhythmias, asthma, among others) that make it impossible to practice the training protocol; smokers/smokers; practice or have practiced a pulmonary rehabilitation program in the last 6 months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Training the respiratory muscles with SmartBreathe on the inspiratory and expiratory muscle strength of non-frail elderly people. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate inspiratory and expiratory muscle strength using SmartBreathe in non-frail elderly people. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactDaniel Ferraz
Instituto de Ciências da Saúde - Universidade Federal da Bahia
Outcome results
None listed