Influence of Respiratory Muscle Training in Elderly Hypertensive Women With Respiratory Muscle Weakness

This study aims to evaluate pulmonary function and respiratory muscle strength in a group of elderly women with hypertension before and after a respiratory muscle training.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Hypertension
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Threshold

Detailed Description

It is a respiratory muscle training using the Threshold for 5 weeks, with a load of 30% of maximal inspiratory pressure obtained in manometer for 30 minutes daily. Furthermore, the assessment includes: test 6-minute walk, the quality of life questionnaire, MINICHAL, the IPAQ short version, manometer and spirometry.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 4
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • Rio Grande do Norte
    • Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
      • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 60 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosis of hypertension controlled by antihypertensive;
• aged between 60 and 80 years;
• absence of dementia or cognitive impairments that limit tests;
• absence of recent myocardial infarction;
• absence of musculoskeletal limitations that limit tests;
• availability of time on training days.

Exclusion Criteria:

• clinical instability;
• inability to perform any test.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: threshold; Held inspiratory muscle strengthening for 5 weeks with Threshold, charging 30% of maximal inspiratory pressure, 7 days a week, one supervised and unsupervised 6.	Device: Threshold; The load adjustment was done weekly by a single examiner.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
manovacuometry	Evaluates indirectly respiratory muscle strength.	6 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description
spirometry	Assesses lung function

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description
quality of life	Assesses the influence of hypertension on the quality of life of target
functional capacity	assesses the cardiopulmonary capacity at sub-maximal
IPAQ	assesses the level of physical activity

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
• Collaborators: Foundation for research support from the state of Rio Grande do Norte (FAPERN)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Patrícia Nogueira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: September 1, 2012
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 1, 2012
• Study Completion (Actual): November 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 12, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 4, 2012
• First Posted (Estimate): December 6, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 6, 2012
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 4, 2012
• Last Verified: December 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: hypertension
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Cardiovascular Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neurologic Manifestations; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Muscular Diseases; Neuromuscular Manifestations; Hypertension; Muscle Weakness; Paresis
• Other Study ID Numbers: 05135912.8.0000.5537