Effects of Respiratory Muscle Training on Pulmonary Function
CompletedNot applicableNCT05588765
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The study was conducted to determine the effects of respiratory muscle training on pulmonary function and musculoskeletal parameters in patients with chronic neck pain. It included 43 patients, 20-40 years old males and females having non-specific chronic neck pain for more than three months and with low maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV) values were included. Control group (n=21) received conventional physiotherapy with diaphragmatic breathing exercises and experimental group (n=23) received conventional physiotherapy with specially designed respiratory exercise protocol. It concluded that RMT in addition to conventional physiotherapy is effective to improve musculoskeletal and pulmonary parameters in CNP patients.
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of Respiratory Muscle Training on Pulmonary Function of Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Neck stretching exercises
- Sponsor
- University of Lahore
- Collaborators
- Riphah International University
- Start date
- 2019-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2019-07-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 40 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Pakistan
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * . Patients having non-specific chronic neck pain with or without headache for more than three months with pain complaints at least once a week 2. Males and females both of age 20 to 40 years old 3. Patients with low maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV) values i.e., less than 110 L/min in males and 80 L/min in females Exclusion Criteria: * Patients already participating in physiotherapy program 2. Patients with past history of * surgery to the cervical spine * traumatic cervical injuries * clinical abnormalities or surgeries of the thoracic cage or vertebral column * severe obesity (BMI\>40) * pregnancy * smoking history/occupational industrial exposures * chronic neuro-musculoskeletal pain in any other non-related body area * respiratory or cardiac illness, diabetes mellitus and serious comorbidities
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05588765