Relation Between Severity Of Asthma And The Handgrip As Indicator Of Global Force In Wome

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Asthma; Respiratory - Asthma; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12609000669291
• Lead Sponsor: Renato Valduga

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-08-06
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

Asthmatic women:
- disgnostic oh asthma
- more than twenty years
- being sedentary
- clinic stability
- musculoskeletical integrity
- Body mass index lower than 30kg/m2
- peripheral oxygen saturation (Spo2) higher than 88%
- no fever
- heard hate lower than 100 and higher than 60
- arterial pressure lower than 160/100 mmHg
Non asthmatic women:
- no respiratory disease
- normal espirometry
- the same criteria for inclusion of asthmatic women (except diagnostic of asthma)

Exclusion Criteria

Asthmatic and Non-asthmatic:
- be smoker or alcoholic
- no other disease (only asthma for asmathic women)
- diseases that cause
upper limb strehngth deficit
- cognitive deficit
- neuromuscular disease
- absence of a limb

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Difference in handgrip strength between asthmatic and non-asthmatic women. This outcome was assessed with hydraulic dynamometer.[This is a cross-sectional study. The subject was assessed only one time.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Difference in handgrip strength in dominant and non-dominant hands for asthmatic women. This outcome was assessed with hydraulic dynamometer.[This is a cross-sectional study. The subject was assessed only one time.]