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NCT Number: NCT02646215

Inspiratory Muscle Training in Ehlers Danlos Patients

Evaluation of the effect of inspiratory muscle training in Ehlers Danlos patients

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Key information

Conditions

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Clinique universitaire Saint-Luc

Brussels, Belgium

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • a diagnosis for Ehlers Danlos syndrome combining genetics and clinical examination
  • no infectious exacerbation in the last four weeks

Exclusion criteria

  • respiratory comorbidities

Treatment and study plan

Threshold inspiratory muscle training

Device

Inspiratory muscle training

Primary outcomes

  1. inspiratory muscle strength measured by sniff nasal inspiratory pressure

    Time frame: 2 minutes

Secondary outcomes

  1. walked distance measured by six minutes walking test

    Time frame: 6 minutes

  2. lung function by spirometry

    Time frame: 5 minutes

  3. anxiety by hospital anxiety depression scale

    Time frame: 2 minutes

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Jan 5, 2016
Registry last updated
Apr 20, 2016

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