Comparative Efficacy of Inspiratory, Expiratory and Combined Respiratory Muscle Training on Pulmonary Functions and Chest Expansions in Acute Stroke

• Register: PACTR
• Last refreshed on: 29 May 2023
• Main ID: PACTR201711002738361
• Date of registration: 31/10/2017
• Prospective Registration: No
• Public title: Comparative Efficacy of Inspiratory, Expiratory and Combined Respiratory Muscle Training on Pulmonary Functions and Chest Expansions in Acute Stroke
• Scientific title: Comparative Efficacy of Inspiratory, Expiratory and Combined Respiratory Muscle Training on the Pulmonary Functions and Chest Expansions in Acute Stroke Survivors
• Date of first enrolment: 03/04/2017
• Target sample size: 62
• Recruitment status: Complete
• URL: https://pactr.samrc.ac.za/TrialDisplay.aspx?TrialID=2738
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: ,Randomised,Simple randomisation using a radomisation table created by a computer software program,Sealed opaque envelopes
• Phase: Not Applicable

Countries of recruitment

Nigeria

Contacts

• Name: Abiodun Adeogun
• Affiliation: Senior Physiotherapist

• Name: Dolapo Umar
• Affiliation: Physiotherapist

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: i. Patients with a confirmed medical diagnosis of stroke (ischaemic or haemorrhagic).
ii. Patients within 2 weeks of stroke onset.
iii. Patients with stroke whose ages were greater than 18 years.
iv. Patients with stroke who had the ability to give informed consent.
v. Patients with stroke who had the ability to follow instructions and engage in study procedures.
vi. Patients with stroke whose blood pressures were controlled.

Exclusion criteria: i. Patients with stroke who had signs of increased intracranial pressure on computed tomography (CT) scan.
ii. Patients with stroke who had poorly controlled hypertension, defined as blood pressure higher than 180/100 mmHg on three or more occasions over the preceding 24 hours.
iii. Patients with stroke who had myocardial infarction, angina, or acute heart failure in the preceding 3 months.
iv. Patients with stroke who had pulmonary, neurologic or orthopaedic conditions adversely affecting the respiratory pump, including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).


Age minimum: 37 Year(s)
Age maximum: 82 Year(s)
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Stroke

Nervous System Diseases

Nervous System Diseases
Stroke

Intervention(s)

Expiratory Muscle Training

Inspiratory muscle training, Expiratory muscle training, Combined Respiratory Muscle Training

Primary Outcome(s)

PEFR

FEV1/FVC

FVC

Chest Expansion

FEV1

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Abiodun Akanbi Adeogun

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Health Service Commission

Ethics review

Status: Approved
Approval date: 02/06/2017
Contact:

Health Research and Ethics Committee of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH)

Status: Approved
Approval date: 30/06/2017
Contact:

Health Research and Ethics Committee of the General Hospital, Marina, Lagos (GH, Lagos) through the Lagos State Health Service Commission (HSC).